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].

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...

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Superior document:Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplements ; Volume 15
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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.
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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