RT Book
T1 Religious competition in the Greco-Roman world
T2 Writings from the Greco-Roman world Supplement series
T2 Society of Biblical Literature. Writings from the Greco-Roman world Supplement series
A2 DesRosiers, Nathaniel P.
A2 Vuong, Lily C. 1978-
LA English
PP Atlanta
PB SBL Press
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1654857351
AB Ancient Sources IndexModern Authors Index; Subject Index
AB Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Conflict, Cooperation, and Competition in Antiquity ; Part 1: Competition and Material Culture; Introduction: Competition and Material Culture through Real and Imagined Spaces ; The Perils of Idolatrous Garb; The Philosopher Type in Late Roman Art; Suns, Snakes, and Altars; "Built from the Plunder of Christians"; Part 2: Competition and Neoplatonism; Introduction: Defining Competition in Neoplatonism; Origen's Allegoresis of Plato's and Scripture ""Myths"" ; The Neoplatonic Transmission of Ancient Wisdom
AB Julian's Philosophy and His Religious ProgramPart 3: Religious Experts and Popular Religion; Introduction: Competition Between Experts and Nonexperts; Why Expert versus Nonexpert Is Not Elite versus Popular Religion; Great Is the Mystery of Piety; Nuptial Imagery, Christian Devotion, and the Marriage Debate in Late Roman Society ; Competing for the Competitors; Part 4: Competition and Relics; Introduction: The Competition for Relics in Late Antiquity; Relics? What Relics?; A Hair's Breadth; Promoting a Cult Site without Bodily Relics; From Asclepius to Simeon; Bibliography; Contributors
NO "Papers represented in this volume were delivered at the Society of Biblical Literature's Religious Competition in Late Antiquity unit between 2012 and 2014 ... over thirty papers presented at the Society of Biblilcal Literature annual meeting"--Introduction. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
CN BR127
SN 9780884141570
SN 0884141578
K1 Christianity and other religions : Congresses
K1 Christianity and other religions : Congresses : Roman : History
K1 Christianity and other religions : Congresses : Greek : History
K1 Church History : Congresses : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 Antike
K1 Religionsgeschichte
K1 Spätantike
K1 Nichtchristliche Religion
K1 Frühchristentum
K1 Interreligiöser Dialog
K1 Wettbewerb
K1 Rome : Congresses : Religion : History
K1 Greece : Congresses : Religion : History : Greece : Rome (Empire)
K1 Electronic books
K1 Electronic books : Conference papers and proceedings : History : Conference papers and proceedings