The saviour god : comparative studies in the concept of salvation : presented to Edwin Oliver James, professor emeritus in the University of London, by colleagues and friends to commemorate his seventy-fifth birthday / edited by S. G. F. Brandon.

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"A list of the principal published writings of E. O. James" : p. xiii-xxi. Includes bibliographical references.

Edwin Oliver James, an appreciation, by S. H. Hooke.--Isis as saviour goddess, by C. J. Bleeker.--The ritual technique of salvation in the ancient Near East, by S. G. F. Brandon.--Politeismo e soteriologia, by A. Brelich.--Our God and Saviour, by F. F. Bruce.--Buddhist saviours, by E. Conze.--Some aspects of anthropomorphism, by J. Duchesne-Guillemin.--The idea of creation and conceptions of salvation, by H. D. Lewis.--An African saviour god, by E. G. Parrinder.--The veneration of the Prophet Muḥammad, as reflected in Sindḥi poetry, by A. Schimmel.--Remarques sur la sotériologie du Nouveau Testament, by M. Simon.--The work of the Buddha and the work of Christ, by N. Smart.--Saviour gods in Chinese religion, by D. H. Smith.--The Muslim yearning for a saviour; aspects of early ʻAbbāsid Shī'ism, by W. M. Watt.--Baptism and enthronement in some Jewish-Christian gnostic documents, by G. Widengren.--Salvation in the Mahābhārata, by R. C. Zaehner.