The religious history of the Roman Empire : pagans, Jews, and Christians /
The religious history of the Roman Empire : pagans, Jews, and Christians /
edited by J. A. North and S. R. F. Price.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- xxi, 577 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Oxford readings in classical studies .
- Oxford readings in classical studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [564]-571) and index.
1: Changes in religious life : Roman and civic cults. Roman religion and the religion of empire : some reflections on method / Jörg Rüpke ; The Roman imperial cult and the question of power / Richard Gordon ; Magic in Roman law : the reconstruction of a crime / J. B. Rives ; New combinations and new statuses : the indigenous gods in the pantheons of the cities of Roman Gaul / William Van Andringa ; Hypsistos : a way of exalting the gods in Graeco-Roman polytheism / Nicole Belayche ; On the uses and disadvantages of divination : oracles and their literary representations in the time of the Second Sophistic / Andreas Bendlin -- 2: Elective cults. Homogeneity and diversity in the religions of Rome / Simon Price ; Mysteries and Oriental cults : a problem in the history of religions / Giulia Sfameni Gasparro ; Ritual and hierarchy in the Mysteries of Mithras / Richard Gordon ; Community and community : reflections on some ambiguities based on the 'Thiasoí' of Roman Egypt / John Scheid -- 3: Co-existence of religions, old and new. Acculturation and identitiy in the Diaspora : a Jewish family and 'pagan' guilds at Hiersapolis / Philip Harland ; Josephus and variety in first-century Judaism / Martin Goodman ; The forging of Christian identity and the 'Letter to Diognetus' / Judith Lieu ; Purification and its discontents : Mani's rejection of baptism / Guy G. Stroumsa ; Pagans, polytheiests, and the pendulum / J. A. North -- 4: Late Antiquity. Early Christianity and the discourse of female desire / Averil Cameron ; Enjoying the saints in Late Antiquity / Peter Brown.
9780199567348 0199567344 9780199567355 (pbk.) 0199567352 (pbk.)
2011283895
Geschichte.
Religion.
Rome--Religion.
Rome--Religious life and customs.
Römisches Reich.
Aufsatzsammlung.
BL803 / .R62 2011
292.07
Includes bibliographical references (p. [564]-571) and index.
1: Changes in religious life : Roman and civic cults. Roman religion and the religion of empire : some reflections on method / Jörg Rüpke ; The Roman imperial cult and the question of power / Richard Gordon ; Magic in Roman law : the reconstruction of a crime / J. B. Rives ; New combinations and new statuses : the indigenous gods in the pantheons of the cities of Roman Gaul / William Van Andringa ; Hypsistos : a way of exalting the gods in Graeco-Roman polytheism / Nicole Belayche ; On the uses and disadvantages of divination : oracles and their literary representations in the time of the Second Sophistic / Andreas Bendlin -- 2: Elective cults. Homogeneity and diversity in the religions of Rome / Simon Price ; Mysteries and Oriental cults : a problem in the history of religions / Giulia Sfameni Gasparro ; Ritual and hierarchy in the Mysteries of Mithras / Richard Gordon ; Community and community : reflections on some ambiguities based on the 'Thiasoí' of Roman Egypt / John Scheid -- 3: Co-existence of religions, old and new. Acculturation and identitiy in the Diaspora : a Jewish family and 'pagan' guilds at Hiersapolis / Philip Harland ; Josephus and variety in first-century Judaism / Martin Goodman ; The forging of Christian identity and the 'Letter to Diognetus' / Judith Lieu ; Purification and its discontents : Mani's rejection of baptism / Guy G. Stroumsa ; Pagans, polytheiests, and the pendulum / J. A. North -- 4: Late Antiquity. Early Christianity and the discourse of female desire / Averil Cameron ; Enjoying the saints in Late Antiquity / Peter Brown.
9780199567348 0199567344 9780199567355 (pbk.) 0199567352 (pbk.)
2011283895
Geschichte.
Religion.
Rome--Religion.
Rome--Religious life and customs.
Römisches Reich.
Aufsatzsammlung.
BL803 / .R62 2011
292.07