Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions / / edited by Jan Assmann and Guy Stroumsa.
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 a...
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| Superior document: | Numen Book Series ; Volume 83 |
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| 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. |
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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.