Orphism And Christianity In Late Antiquity
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Author | : Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3110206331 |
Many recent discoveries have confirmed the importance of Orphism for ancient Greek religion, philosophy, and literature. However, its nature and role are still very controversial. The key problem of its relationship to Christianity has been discussed by ancient and modern authors from many different viewpoints, albeit too often tainted with apologetic interests and unconscious projections. This free and thorough study of the ancient sources sheds light on these questions and illuminates the complexity of the encounter between Classical culture and Jewish-Christian tradition. New perspectives on the relationship between Classical and Jewish-Christian culture On the avowed subject of Orphism Author is specialist within the field.
Author | : Eleni Pachoumi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Contemplation |
ISBN | : 9783161565946 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2022-03-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004501770 |
This volume explores conversion experience in the ancient Mediterranean with attention to early Judaism, early Christianity, and philosophy in the Roman empire from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Author | : Vishwa Adluri |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2013-04-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3110276380 |
Ever since Vlastos’ “Theology and Philosophy in Early Greek Thought,” scholars have known that a consideration of ancient philosophy without attention to its theological, cosmological and soteriological dimensions remains onesided. Yet, philosophers continue to discuss thinkers such as Parmenides and Plato without knowledge of their debt to the archaic religious traditions. Perhaps our own religious prejudices allow us to see only a “polis religion” in Greek religion, while our modern philosophical openness and emphasis on reason induce us to rehabilitate ancient philosophy by what we consider the highest standard of knowledge: proper argumentation. Yet, it is possible to see ancient philosophy as operating according to a different system of meaning, a different “logic.” Such a different sense of logic operates in myth and other narratives, where the argument is neither completely illogical nor rational in the positivist sense. The articles in this volume undertake a critical engagement with this unspoken legacy of Greek religion. The aim of the volume as a whole is to show how, beyond the formalities and fallacies of arguments, something more profound is at stake in ancient philosophy: the salvation of the philosopher-initiate.
Author | : Radcliffe G. Edmonds III |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2013-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107038219 |
In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.
Author | : Jitse Dijkstra |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 762 |
Release | : 2010-01-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004193650 |
This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer contains the contributions of numerous students, colleagues, and friends offered to him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Throughout his career, Bremmer has distinguished himself as an internationally renowned scholar of religion both past and present, including first and foremost Greek and Roman religion, but also early Christianity and post-classical developments in religion and spirituality. In line with these three main areas of Bremmer’s research, the volume is divided into three parts, bringing together contributions from distinguished scholars in many fields. The result is a diverse book which provides a broad spectrum of original ideas and innovative approaches in the history of religions, thus reflecting the nature of the scholarship of Bremmer himself.
Author | : Gordon Lindsay Campbell |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 657 |
Release | : 2014-08-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191035157 |
The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 549 |
Release | : 2020-11-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9004443258 |
Nonnus of Panopolis in Context III, edited by Filip Doroszewski and Katarzyna Jażdżewska, explores both old and new questions about the poet and his works ‒ the grand mythological epic Dionysiaca and the hexameter Paraphrase of St. John’s Gospel.
Author | : William Keith Guthrie |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1993-10-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780691024998 |
The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut--and to have saved Jason's life. Rivers are reported to have stopped their flow to listen to the sounds of his lyre and his voice. Plato cites his poetry and Herodotus refers to "practices that are called Orphic." Did Orpheus, in fact, exist? His influence on Greek thought is undeniable, but his disciples left little of substance behind them. Indeed, their Orphic precepts have been lost to time. W.K.C. Guthrie attempts to uncover and define Orphism by following its circuitous path through ancient history. He tackles this daunting task with the determination of a detective and the analytical rigor of a classical scholar. He ferries his readers with him on a singular voyage of discovery.
Author | : Stephen Mitchell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
This volume studies how similarities between paganism and Christianity were obscured in the polemic that was waged by Christianity against paganism and in the pagan responses to it.