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Religious competition in the Greco-Roman world / edited by Nathaniel P. DesRosiers and Lily C. Vuong.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series ; no. 10.
- Writings from the Greco-Roman world Supplement series ; Number 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and other religions.
- Christianity and other religions--Roman--History.
- Christianity and other religions--Greek--History.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Religion.
- History.
- Rome--Religion--History.
- Rome.
- Greece--Religion--History.
- Greece.
- Christianity.
- Greeks--Religion.
- Interfaith relations.
- Romans--Religion.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : SBL Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Conflict, cooperation, and competition in antiquity / Nathaniel P. DesRosiers, Lily C. Vuong
- Part 1: Competition and material culture. Introduction: Competition and material culture through real and imagined spaces / Gregg E. Gardner
- The perils of idolatrous garb : Tertullian and Christian belonging in Roman Carthage / Carly Daniel-Hughes
- The philosopher type in late Roman art : problematizing cultural appropriation in light of cultural competition / Arthur P. Urbano Jr.
- Suns, snakes, and altars : competitive imagery in Constantinian numismatics / Nathaniel P. DesRosiers
- "Built from the plunder of Christians" : words, places, and competing powers in Milan and Callinicum / Catherine M. Chin
- Part 2: Competition and Neoplatonsim. Introduction: Defining competition in Neoplatonism / Todd Krulak
- Origen's allegoresis of Plato's and Scripture's "myths" / Ilaria L. E. Ramelli
- The Neoplatonic transmission of ancient wisdom / Gregory Shaw
- Julian's philosophy and his religious program / Laura B. Dingeldein
- Part 3: Religious experts and popular religion. Introduction: Competition between experts and nonexperts / Daniel Ullucci
- Why expert versus nonexpert is not elite versus popular religion : the case of the third century / Stanley K. Stowers
- Great is the mystery of piety : contested claims to piety in Plutarch, Philo, and 1 Timothy / T. Christopher Hoklotubbe
- Nuptial imagery, Christian devotion, and the marriage debate in late Roman society / Karl Shuve
- Competing for the competitors : Jewish and Christian responses to spectacle / Loren R. Spielman
- Part 4: Competition and relics. Introduction: The competition for relics in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey
- Relics? What relics? / Mary Joan Winn Leith, Allyson Everingham Sheckler
- A hair's breadth : the prophet Muhammad's hair as relic in early Islamic texts / Adam Bursi
- Promoting a cult site without bodily relics : sacred substances and imagined topography in The Syriac Life of Symeon the Stylite / Dina Boero
- From Asclepius to Simeon : votives and sacred healing in late antiquity / Gary Vikan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Society of Biblical Literature. Annual Meeting (2012-2014 : United States). Religious competition in the Greco-Roman world.
- ISBN:
- 9781628371369
- 1628371366
- 9780884141587
- 0884141586
- OCLC:
- 939428446
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