Empsychoi logoi--religious innovations in antiquity : : studies in honour of Pieter Willem van der Horst / / edited by Alberdina Houtman, Albert de Jong, and Magda Misset-van de Weg.

• TeilnehmendeR: Horst, Pieter Willem van der.; Houtman, Alberdina.; Jong, Albert de, 1966-; Weg, Magdalena Wilhelmina Misset-van de, 1943-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 73.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (670 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; ABBREVIATIONS /; PREFACE /; INTRODUCTION /; CONTEXTS /; ‘JUDENTHUM’, ‘GRIECHENTHUM’ AND ‘CHRISTENTHUM’ AS PARAMETERS IN EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY JEWISH POLITICAL THINKING /; EXPLAINING CHANGE INJUDAISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY /; THE END OF SACRIFICE /; WORSHIPPING THE VISIBLE GODS /; THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL /; AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS’ JUDGEMENT OF JULIAN'S PIETY /; A QUODAM PERSA EXSTITERUNT /; THE LETTER OF MARA BAR SARAPION /; JOHN THE BAPTIST ACCORDING TO FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, AND HIS INCORPORATION IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION /; THE PANECYRIS IN JERUSALEM: RESPONSES TO HEROD'S INITIATIVE (JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES 15.268–291) /; GROUP DYNAMICS AS AGENTS OF RELIGIOUS CHANGE /; SABBATH AT ELEPHANTINE /; THE OPPONENTS IN THE JOHANNINE EPISTLES /; IS THERE A HERESY THAT NECESSITATED JUDE'S LETTER? /; JEWISH MONOTHEISM AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS /; THE DIDACHE REDEFINING ITS JEWISH IDENTITY IN VIEW OF GENTILES JOINING THE COMMUNITY /; BERESHIT BARA ELOHIM /; NEW TEXTS, NEW READINGS /; MANICHAEAN ELEMENTS IN AN EARLY VERSION OF THE VIRGIN MARY'S ASSUMPTION /; INTERPRETATIVE THĒTAS IN THE STRASBOURG EMPEDOCLES /; ‘OUR RIGHTEOUS BRETHREN’ /; THE EVIL INCLINATION IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, WITH A RE-EDITION OF 4Q468I (4QSECTARIAN TEXT?) /; A GREEK LETTER FROM SYRIA /; JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS IN COMPARISON /; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND /; THE UNTOLD END /; THE FATE OF THE WICKED: SECOND DEATH IN EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS /; ‘WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE?‘ /; THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH LITERATURE /; THE COMPOSITION OF PRAYERS AND SONGS IN PHILO'S DE VITA CONTEMPLATIVA /; LIFE AND DEATH IN PSEUDO-PHOCYLIDES /; THE PHRASE ‘GOOD WORKS’ IN EARLY JUDAISM /; THE LXX TRANSLATION OF ESTHER /; THE HIDDEN REFERENCE /; THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283060787; 9786613060785; 904743322X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Alberdina Houtman, Albert de Jong, and Magda Misset-van de Weg.

The fact that religions show internal variation and develop over time is not only a problem for believers, but has also long engaged scholars. This is especially true for the religions of the ancient world, where the mere idea of innovation in religious matters evoked notions of revolution and destruction. With the emergence of new religious identities from the first century onwards, we begin to find traces of an entirely new vision of religion. The question was not whether a particular belief was new, but whether it was true and the two were no longer felt to be mutually exclusive. The present volume brings together articles that study this transformation, ranging from broad overviews to detailed case-studies.