The Individual in the Religions of the Ancient MediterraneanJörg Rüpke OUP Oxford, 29 באוג׳ 2013 - 549 עמודים Ancient religions are usually treated as collective and political phenomena and, apart from a few towering figures, the individual religious agent has fallen out of view. Addressing this gap, the essays in this volume focus on the individual and individuality in ancient Mediterranean religion. Even in antiquity, individual religious action was not determined by traditional norms handed down through families and the larger social context, but rather options were open and choices were made. On the part of the individual, this development is reflected in changes in 'individuation', the parallel process of a gradual full integration into society and the development of self-reflection and of a notion of individual identity. These processes are analysed within the Hellenistic and Imperial periods, down to Christian-dominated late antiquity, in both pagan polytheistic as well as Jewish monotheistic settings. The volume focuses on individuation in everyday religious practices in Phoenicia, various Greek cities, and Rome, and as identified in institutional developments and philosophical reflections on the self as exemplified by the Stoic Seneca. |
תוכן
Historical Change | 39 |
Individual and Society | 113 |
Experiences and Choices | 161 |
Conceptualizing Religious Experience | 213 |
Agency | 267 |
Master and Disciple | 385 |
Beyond the Empirical Individual | 453 |
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
The Individual in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean <span dir=ltr>Jörg Rüpke</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2013 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ancient Ando angel Asclepius Belayche biblical Brill Burkert Cambridge University Press century Cicero collective Consolatio context Corpus Hermeticum cultural death deity demons disciples discourse discussion divine Egyptian example exorcism experience Gnosis Gnostic gods Gospel Gospel of Judas Greek Hellenistic Hermas Hermes Hermes Trismegistos Hermetic honour human identity imperial important initiation inscriptions Israel Jesus Jewish Jews Jörg Josephus Judaism Judas Late Antiquity Leiden literary literature Magic Mahé Marcan Mark Mark's martyrdom Mishnah modern Mohr Siebeck mystery cults narrative notion one’s Osiek Oxford pagan Paris Perpetua PGrMag philosophical Phoenician Platonic Poimandres political practices prayer priests quae rabbinic religion religious individualization revelation ritual role Roman Empire Rome Rüpke sanctuary Seneca Shepherd of Hermas shrine social soul Stratonikeia Studies temple Theion tradition translation Tübingen vision δὲ καὶ τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῶν