Religion and the self in antiquity / edited by David Brakke, Michael L. Satlow, Steven Weitzman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brakke, David.

Satlow, Michael L.

Weitzman, Steven, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self--Religious aspects--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Self.

Self--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many recent studies have argued that the self is a modern invention, a concept developed in the last three centuries. Religion and the Self in Antiquity challenges that idea by presenting a series of studies that explore the origins, formation, and limits of the self within the religions of the ancient Mediterranean world. Drawing on recent work on the body, gender, sexuality, the anthropology of the senses, and power, contributors make a strong case that the history of the self does indeed begin in an

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612072680

1-282-07268-4

0-253-11171-4

OCLC:

476022161