Religious competition in the Greco-Roman world / edited by Nathaniel P. DesRosiers and Lily C. Vuong.
Contributor(s): DesRosiers, Nathaniel [editor.] | Vuong, Lily C [editor.]
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TextSeries: Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series: no. 10.Publisher: Atlanta : SBL Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781628371369 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1628371366 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Christianity and other religions | Christianity and other religions -- Roman -- History | Christianity and other religions -- Greek -- History | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | Rome -- Religion | Greece -- ReligionDDC classification: 200.938 LOC classification: BR127 | .R448 2016Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and indexes.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and indexes.
Introduction: Conflict, cooperation, and competition in antiquity / Nathaniel P. DesRosiers, Lily C. Vuong -- Part 1: Competition and material culture. Introduction: Competition and material culture through real and imagined spaces / Gregg E. Gardner -- The perils of idolatrous garb : Tertullian and Christian belonging in Roman Carthage / Carly Daniel-Hughes -- The philosopher type in late Roman art : problematizing cultural appropriation in light of cultural competition / Arthur P. Urbano Jr. -- Suns, snakes, and altars : competitive imagery in Constantinian numismatics / Nathaniel P. DesRosiers -- "Built from the plunder of Christians" : words, places, and competing powers in Milan and Callinicum / Catherine M. Chin -- Part 2: Competition and Neoplatonsim. Introduction: Defining competition in Neoplatonism / Todd Krulak -- Origen's allegoresis of Plato's and Scripture's "myths" / Ilaria L. E. Ramelli -- The Neoplatonic transmission of ancient wisdom / Gregory Shaw -- Julian's philosophy and his religious program / Laura B. Dingeldein --
Part 3: Religious experts and popular religion. Introduction: Competition between experts and nonexperts / Daniel Ullucci -- Why expert versus nonexpert is not elite versus popular religion : the case of the third century / Stanley K. Stowers -- Great is the mystery of piety : contested claims to piety in Plutarch, Philo, and 1 Timothy / T. Christopher Hoklotubbe -- Nuptial imagery, Christian devotion, and the marriage debate in late Roman society / Karl Shuve -- Competing for the competitors : Jewish and Christian responses to spectacle / Loren R. Spielman -- Part 4: Competition and relics. Introduction: The competition for relics in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Relics? What relics? / Mary Joan Winn Leith, Allyson Everingham Sheckler -- A hair's breadth : the prophet Muhammad's hair as relic in early Islamic texts / Adam Bursi -- Promoting a cult site without bodily relics : sacred substances and imagined topography in The Syriac Life of Symeon the Stylite / Dina Boero -- From Asclepius to Simeon : votives and sacred healing in late antiquity / Gary Vikan.