Plutarch's religious landscapes / / edited by Rainer Hirsch Luipold, Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta ; with the collaboration of Peter Lotscher.
"A Platonist philosopher and priest of Apollo at Delphi, Plutarch (ca. 45-120 CE) covers in his vast oeuvre of miscellaneous writings and biographies of great men virtually every aspect of ancient religion, Greek, Roman, Jewish, Egyptian, Persian. This collection of essays takes the reader on a...
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Superior document: | Brill's Plutarch studies ; Volume 6 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : BRILL,, [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Brill's Plutarch studies ;
Volume 6. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 pages). |
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Summary: | "A Platonist philosopher and priest of Apollo at Delphi, Plutarch (ca. 45-120 CE) covers in his vast oeuvre of miscellaneous writings and biographies of great men virtually every aspect of ancient religion, Greek, Roman, Jewish, Egyptian, Persian. This collection of essays takes the reader on a hike through Plutarch's Religious Landscapes offering as a compass the philosopher's considerations on issues of philosophical theology, cult, ethics, politics, natural sciences, hermeneutics, atheism, and life after death. Plutarch provides a unique vantage point to reconstruct and understand many of the interesting developments that were taking in the philosophical and religious world of the first centuries CE"-- |
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ISBN: | 9004443541 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Rainer Hirsch Luipold, Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta ; with the collaboration of Peter Lotscher. |