Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions / / edited by Jan Assmann and Guy Stroumsa.

• Superior document: Numen Book Series ; Volume 83
• TeilnehmendeR: Stroumsa, Guy G.,; Assmann, Jan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English; German; French
• Series: Numen numerus ; Volume 83.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Two contributions in German, one in French.

This collection of papers from two workshops - held in Heidelberg, Germany, in July 1996 and Jerusalem, Israel, in October 1997 - is concerned with anthropological rather than theological aspects of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions, ranging from the 'primary' religions of the archaic period and their complex developments in Egypt and Mesopotamia to the 'soteriological' movements and 'secondary' religions that emerged in Late Antiquity. The first part of the book focuses on \'Confession and Conversion\', while the second part is devoted to the topic of \'Guilt, Sin and Rituals of Purification\'. The primary purpose of this volume is to convey a sense of the dynamics and dialectical relationships between the various Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions from the archaic period to Late Antiquity.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / J. Assmann and G.G. Stroumsa -- Part One Confession and Conversion -- From the Paradigm of Lament and Hearing to the Conversion Paradigm / Fritz Stolz -- Conversion, Piety and Loyalism in Ancient Egypt / Jan Assmann -- Magical Ascesis and Moral Purity in Ancient Egypt / Robert Meyer -- Quests and Visionary Journeys in Sasanian Iran / Shaul Shaked -- Die urchristliche Taufe und die sozia1e Konstruktion des neuen Menschen / Gerd Theissen -- The Transformation of the Inner Self in Gnostic and Hermetic Texts / Petra von Gemünden -- The Transformation of the Inner Self in Gnostic and Hermetic Texts / Giovanni Filoramo -- The Death Motif in Late Antique Teshuva Narrative Patterns. With a Note on Romans 5–8 / Serge Ruzer -- From Repentance to Penance in Early Christianity: Tertullian's De paenitentia in Context / Guy G. Stroumsa -- Penitence in Late Antique Monastic Literature / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony -- Les transformations de la conscience de soi entre Plotin et Augustin / Annick Charles-Saget -- Part Two Guilt, Sin and Purification -- Dimensions and Transformations of Purification Ideas / Fritz Stolz -- Confession in Ancient Egypt / Jan Assmann -- The Determination of Collective Guilt and the Interpretation of National Suffering in Late Egyptian Theology / Robert Meyer -- Salvation of the Impenitent ad majorem dei gloriam: Ezek 36: 16–32 / Moshe Greenberg -- Who Practiced Purification in Archaic Greece? A Cultural Profile / Neta Ronen -- Melampous and Epimenides: Two Greek Paradigms of the Treatment of Mistake / Philippe Borgeaud -- Purification in absentia: On the Development of Zoroastrian Ritual Practice / Albert de Jong -- The Expiation of Impieties Committed without Intention and the Formation of Roman Theology / John Scheid -- Yom Kippur in the Apocalyptic imaginaire and the Roots of Jesus' High Priesthood / Daniel Stökl -- The Seat of Sin in Early Jewish and Christian Sources / Serge Ruzer -- Baptismal Nudity as a Means of Ritual Purification in Ancient Christianity / Giovanni Filoramo -- Purification and its Discontents: Mani's Rejection of Baptism / Guy G. Stroumsa -- Aspects of Sin in the Monastic School of Gaza / Aryeh Kofsky -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.