Myths, martyrs, and modernity : : studies in the history of religions in honour of Jan N. Bremmer / / edited by Jitse Dijkstra, Justin Kroesen, and Yme Kuiper.

• Superior document: Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, v. 127
• TeilnehmendeR: Bremmer, Jan N.; Dijkstra, Jitse H. F.; Kroesen, Justin, 1975-; Kuiper, Yme.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Numen Book Series 127.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (762 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer contains the contributions of numerous students, colleagues, and friends offered to him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Throughout his career, Bremmer has distinguished himself as an internationally renowned scholar of religion both past and present, inc...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / J. Dijkstra , J. Kroesen and Y. Kuiper
• The Calydonian Boar / Martin West
• Lesbian Sappho Revisited / André Lardinois
• The Significance (Or Insignificance) Of Blackness In Mythological Names / Richard Buxton
• The Creativity Of Disaster / Sarah Iles Johnston
• Untimely Death For The Young Girl: Etiological Foundations And Initiation Practices In Classical Athens / Claude Calame
• The So-Called Envy Of The Gods: Revisiting A Dogma Of Ancient Greek Religion / Lautaro Roig Lanzilotta
• Earthquakes And The Gods: Reflections On Graeco-Roman Responses To Catastrophic Events / Fritz Graf
• Oracles And Greek Mentalities: The Mantic Confirmation Of Mantic Revelations / Pierre Bonnechere
• Pharaian Kledomancy / Kenneth Lapatin
• A Socratic Leaf Charm For Headache (Charmides 155b–157c), Orphic Gold Leaves, And The Ancient Greek Tradition Of Leaf Amulets / Christopher A. Faraone
• Callimachus’ Sacrifice To Apollo (Fragment 1.21–24) / Ruurd R. Nauta
• Women’s Affairs? On A Group Of Attic Votive Reliefs With Unusual Decoration / Anja Klöckner
• New Problems In Athenian Religion:The ‘sacred Law’ From Aixone / Robert Parker
• Contracting Caterers On Keos / Peter Van Minnen
• Mnasistratos, The ‘Hierophant’ At Andania (IG 5.1.1390 And Syll.3 735) / Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge
• Pictures Froman Execution / Nicholas Horsfall
• Magian Lessons In Natural History: Unique Animals In Graeco-Roman Natural Magic / Richard Gordon
• Pliny: The Piety Of A Persecutor / Walter Ameling
• Religio Versus Religion / Giovanni Casadio
• Scribal Practices In The Aramaic Literary Texts From Qumran / Florentino García Martínez
• The Greatest Translation Of All Time: The Cultural Importance Of The Septuagint / Jack Miles
• The Reception Of Daniel 3 And 6 And The Maccabean Martyrdoms In Hebrews 11:33–38 / Jan Willem Van Henten
• Without God: Some Notes On A Greek Expression / Pieter W. Van Der Horst
• Is Early Christianity A Religion Or A Philosophy? Reflections On The Importance Of ‘Knowledge’ And ‘Truth’ In The Letters Of Paul And Peter / George H. Van Kooten
• Rationales For The Adoption Of Christianity / Ken Dowden
• Rewriting And Textual Fluidity In Antiquity: Exploring The Socio-Cultural And Psychological Context Of Earliest Christian Literacy / István Czachesz
• Thomas In Edessa? Another Look At The Original Setting Of The Gospel Of Thomas / Pierluigi Piovanelli
• Gnostics And Orphics / Einar Thomassen
• Recognizing Demons / Jan Den Boeft
• Alternative Uses Of Garments In The Graeco-Roman World / Ton Hilhorst
• Athens Or Jerusalem? From Eschatological Hopes To Cultural Memory / Guy G. Stroumsa
• The Gospel of Kauṇḍinya: The Descent Of God In Gujarat And The Practice Of Imitating God / Hans Bakker
• From Alien To Familiar: Christ In Language And Law Of Medieval Frisia / Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr
• The Platonic Frenzies In Marsilio Ficino / Wouter J. Hanegraaff
• Living Well And Living On: Martyrdom And The Imago Vitae In The Early Modern Age / Christoph Auffarth
• Religious Knowledge And The Origins Of Modernity / Lynn Hunt , Margaret Jacob and Wijnand Mijnhardt.