Religious competition in the third century CE : : Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman world / / edited by Jordan D. Rosenblum, Lily C. Vuong and Nathaniel P. DesRosiers ; contributors, Todd S. Berzon [and sixteen others].

• Superior document: Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements ; Volume 15
• Author: Society of Biblical Literature. Annual Meeting.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rosenblum, Jordan D.,; Vuong, Lily C.,; DesRosiers, Nathaniel P.,; Berzon, Todd S.,; Society of Biblical Literature. Annual Meeting.
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany ;, Bristol, Connecticut : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English; German
• Series: Journal of ancient Judaism. Supplements ; Volume 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The essays in this work examine issues related to authority, identity, or change in religious and philosophical traditions of the third century CE. This century is of particular interest because of the political and cultural developments and conflicts that occurred during this period, which in turn drastically changed the social and religious landscape of the Roman world. The specific focus of this volume edited by Jordan D. Rosenblum, Lily Vuong, and Nathaniel DesRosiers is to explore these major creative movements and to examine their strategies for developing and designating orthodoxies and

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I: Assessing Religious Competition in the Third Century : Methods and Approaches; Daniel C. Ullucci: What Did He Say? The Ideas of Religious Experts and the 99 %; Heidi Marx-Wolf: Pythagoras the Theurgist. Porphyry and Iamblichus on the Role of Ritual in the Philosophical Life; Arthur P. Urbano: Narratives of Decline and Renewal in the Writing of Philosophical History; Steven J. Larson: The Trouble with Religious Tolerance in Roman Antiquity

Kevin M. McGinnis: Sanctifying Interpretation. The Christian Interpreter as Priest in Origen Andrew B. McGowan: Rehashing the Leftovers of Idols. Cyprian and Early Christian Constructions of Sacrifice ; II: Ritual Space and Practice; Gregg E. Gardner: Competitive Giving in the Third Century CE. Early Rabbinic Approaches to Greco-Roman Civic Benefaction; Nathaniel P. DesRosiers: Oath and Anti-Oath. Alternating Forms of Community Building in the Third Century; Jordan D. Rosenblum and Daniel C. Ullucci: Qualifying Rabbinic Ritual Agents. Cognitive Science and the Early Rabbinic Kitchen

Lily C. Vuong: The Temple Persists. Collective Memories of the Jewish Temple in Christian Narrative ImaginationJacob A. Latham: Battling Bishops, the Roman Aristocracy, and the Contestation of Civic Space in Late Antique Rome; III: Modes of Competition; Karen B. Stern: Inscription as Religious Competition in Third-Century Syria; Gil P. Klein: Spatial Struggle. Intercity Relations and the Topography of Intra-Rabbinic Competition; Ari Finkelstein: The Use of Jews in Julian's Program. "Dying for the Law" in the Letter to Theodorus - A Case Study

Todd S. Berzon: Heresiology as Ethnography. Theorising Christian DifferenceTodd C. Krulak: The Damascian Dichotomy. Contention and Concord in the History of Late Platonism ; Ross S. Kraemer: Gendering (the) Competition. Religious Competition in the Third Century : Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World; List of Abbreviations; Collected Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index