Coping with Versnel : : In Honour of the 80th Birthday of Henk S. Versnel.

• Superior document: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Series ; v.200
• Author: Beerden, Kim.
• TeilnehmendeR: Naerebout, Frits.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 pages)

"Henk Versnel's work on ancient religion has been seminal. For his 80th birthday, a group of scholars assembled to celebrate and analyze his oeuvre. What have been his most important insights? What will he bequeath to the 21st century? Specialists hold up to the light the main strands of Versnel's scholarship, and he reacts to their praise and critique. An introduction that seeks to contextualize this oeuvre, and a bibliography of Versnel's publications, round out the picture of a scholar who has put his stamp on the study of ancient religions and magical practices, and who has promoted the field in many ways, especially as the driving force behind Brill's flagship series Religion in the Graeco-Roman World, of which this fittingly is the 200th volume"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Divine Metonymy: Theology and Rhetoric / Tim Whitmarsh -- Jesus Christus als neue Alkestis und neuer Kodros : Das Sterben "für" andere Menschen bei Paulus und im paganen Kontext / Christina Eschner -- Response / Henk S. Versnel.