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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- ABBREVIATIONS / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- PREFACE / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- INTRODUCTION / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- CONTEXTS / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- ‘JUDENTHUM’, ‘GRIECHENTHUM’ AND ‘CHRISTENTHUM’ AS PARAMETERS IN EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY JEWISH POLITICAL THINKING / Irene E. Zwiep -- EXPLAINING CHANGE INJUDAISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY / Martin Goodman -- THE END OF SACRIFICE / Guy G. Stroumsa -- WORSHIPPING THE VISIBLE GODS / David T. Runia -- THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS’ JUDGEMENT OF JULIAN'S PIETY / Jan den Boeft -- A QUODAM PERSA EXSTITERUNT / Albert de Jong -- THE LETTER OF MARA BAR SARAPION / Annette Merz and Teun Tieleman -- JOHN THE BAPTIST ACCORDING TO FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, AND HIS INCORPORATION IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION / Johannes Tromp -- THE PANECYRIS IN JERUSALEM: RESPONSES TO HEROD'S INITIATIVE (JOSEPHUS, ANTIQUITIES 15.268–291) / Jan Willem van Henten -- GROUP DYNAMICS AS AGENTS OF RELIGIOUS CHANGE / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- SABBATH AT ELEPHANTINE / Bob Becking -- THE OPPONENTS IN THE JOHANNINE EPISTLES / Maarten J.J. Menken -- IS THERE A HERESY THAT NECESSITATED JUDE'S LETTER? / Geert Van Oyen -- JEWISH MONOTHEISM AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS / Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte -- THE DIDACHE REDEFINING ITS JEWISH IDENTITY IN VIEW OF GENTILES JOINING THE COMMUNITY / Huub van de Sandt -- BERESHIT BARA ELOHIM / Peter Schäfer -- NEW TEXTS, NEW READINGS / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- MANICHAEAN ELEMENTS IN AN EARLY VERSION OF THE VIRGIN MARY'S ASSUMPTION / Roelof van den Broek -- INTERPRETATIVE THĒTAS IN THE STRASBOURG EMPEDOCLES / Jaap Mansfeld and Keimpe Algra -- ‘OUR RIGHTEOUS BRETHREN’ / Tobias Nicklas -- THE EVIL INCLINATION IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, WITH A RE-EDITION OF 4Q468I (4QSECTARIAN TEXT?) / Eibert Tigchelaar -- A GREEK LETTER FROM SYRIA / Klaas A. Worp -- JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS IN COMPARISON / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND / Jan N. Bremmer -- THE UNTOLD END / Hermann Lichtenberger -- THE FATE OF THE WICKED: SECOND DEATH IN EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TEXTS / Alberdina Houtman and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- ‘WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE?‘ / Gerard Rouwhorst and Marcel Poorthuis -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH LITERATURE / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg -- THE COMPOSITION OF PRAYERS AND SONGS IN PHILO'S DE VITA CONTEMPLATIVA / Judith H. Newman -- LIFE AND DEATH IN PSEUDO-PHOCYLIDES / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr -- THE PHRASE ‘GOOD WORKS’ IN EARLY JUDAISM / Eric Ottenheijm -- THE LXX TRANSLATION OF ESTHER / Emanuel Tov -- THE HIDDEN REFERENCE / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE / Alberdina Houtman , Albert de Jong and Magda Misset-van de Weg.