Beyond priesthood : religious entrepreneurs and innovators in the Roman Empire / edited by Richard L. Gordon, Georgia Petridou, and Jörg Rüpke.
The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these religious professionals and a good number of high quality publications. Our volume, however, with its unique intercultural character and its explicit focus on appropriation and contestation of religious expertise in the Imperial Era is...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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[Berlin] :
De Gruyter,
[2017]
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| Series: | Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten ;
Bd. 66. |
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| Online Access: | Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these religious professionals and a good number of high quality publications. Our volume, however, with its unique intercultural character and its explicit focus on appropriation and contestation of religious expertise in the Imperial Era is substantially different. Unlike the rather narrow focus of earlier studies of civic priests, the papers presented here examine a wider range of religious professionals, their dynamic interaction with established religious authorities and institutions, and their contributions to religious innovation in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the late Hellenistic period through to Late Antiquity, from the City of Rome to mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, from Greek civic practice to ancient Judaism. A further advantage of our volume is the wide range of media of transmission taken into account. Our contributors look at both old and new materials, which derive not only from literary sources but also from papyri, inscriptions, and material culture. Above all, this volume assesses critically convenient terminological usage and offers a unique insight into a rich gamut of ancient Mediterranean religious specialists. |
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| Item Description: | "Almost all the chapters included in this volume were delivered in one form or other at an international conference entitled 'Beyond duty : interacting with religious professionals and appropriating tradition in the Imperial Era' held in Erfurt at the Augustinerkloster, 14-16 January 2015"--Acknowledgements. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 460 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110448184 3110448181 9783110447019 3110447010 |