Religion and the self in antiquity

Shifting selves in late antiquity / Patricia Cox Miller -- The search for the elusive self in texts of the Hebrew Bible / Saul M. Olyan -- The slave self / J. Albert Harrill -- Prayer of the queen : Esther's religious self in the Septuagint / Esther Menn -- Giving for a return : Jewish votive o...

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Contributors: Brakke, David 1961- (Editor) ; Satlow, Michael L. 1964- (Other) ; Weitzman, Steven 1965- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington Indianapolis Indiana University Press 2005
In:Year: 2005
Reviews:[Rezension von: BRAKKE, DAVID, Religion and the Self in Antiquity] (2006) (Chin, Catherine M.)
, in: CBQ 68 (2006) 795-796 (Chin, Catherine M.)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Classical antiquity / Religious identity
B Roman Empire / Bloomington <Ind., 2003> / Religion / Self
B Greece (Antiquity)
B History
IxTheo Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
HA Bible
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B History of religion studies
B Self Religious aspects History To 1500 Congresses
B Self (Mediterranean Region) History To 1500 Congresses
B Classical antiquity
B Conference program 2003 (Bloomington, Ind)
B Anthropology
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Shifting selves in late antiquity / Patricia Cox Miller -- The search for the elusive self in texts of the Hebrew Bible / Saul M. Olyan -- The slave self / J. Albert Harrill -- Prayer of the queen : Esther's religious self in the Septuagint / Esther Menn -- Giving for a return : Jewish votive offerings in late antiquity / Michael L. Satlow -- The self in Artemidorus' interpretation of dreams / Peter T. Struck -- Sensory reform in Deuteronomy / Steven Weitzman -- Locating the sensing body : perception and religious identity in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Dialogue and deliberation : the sensory self in the hymns of Romanos the Melodist / Georgia Frank -- From master of wisdom to spiritual master in late antiquity / Guy G. Stroumsa -- The beastly body in rabbinic self-formation / Jonathan Schofer -- Making public the monastic life : reading the self in Evagrius Ponticus' talking back / David Brakke -- The student self in late antiquity / Edward Watts
Item Description:Includes index
ISBN:0253346495