Praying and Contemplating in Late Antiquity : Religious and Philosophical Interactions / Eleni Pachoumi

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eleni Pachoumi, author.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2568-7484 2. Reihe ; 473.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; Wis473

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ignatius, Saint, Bishop of Antioch, -approximately 110.

Ignatius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2018]

Summary:

The present volume is focused on the interactions and syncretistic tensions between religion and philosophy in Late Antiquity. A variety of papers examine issues of personal religious attitudes, initiation to the mysteries, Orphism, notions of theurgy, magic, the philosopher's quest for intimacy or union with the divine, magic and Christianity, the role of prayer in philosophical texts, and oracles, dream-visions and divination. The contributions include a wide range of specialisations, such as Neoplatonism, Chaldaean Oracles, Theurgy, Patristic literature, Christian religious texts and Manichaeism. Contributors: John Dillon, Eleni Pachoumi, John Finamore, Mark Wildish, Wayne Hankey, John Hilton, Mark Edwards, Bronwen Neil, Annemare Kotze, Matthew Dickie, Lech Trzcionkowski, Philip Bosman

Contents:

Cover

Titel

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Eleni Pachoumi and Mark Edwards: Introduction

John Dillon: Prayer and Contemplation in the Neoplatonic and Sufi Traditions

Eleni Pachoumi: Magico-religious and Philosophical Interactions in Proclus' Theurgic Unions

John F. Finamore: Reason and Irrationality: Iamblichus on Divination through Dreams

Mark Wildish: Iamblichus on the Language of Prayer

Wayne J. Hankey: Ratio, Preces, Intuitus: Prayer's Mediation in Boethius' Consolation

John Hilton: Public and Private Prayer in the Works of the Emperor Julian

Mark Edwards: Primitive Christianity and Magic

Bronwen Neil: Dream-visions, Prophecy and Contemplation in Origen's Contra Celsum

Annemaré Kotzé: Augustine Addressing God and Man in the Confessions

Matthew W. Dickie: The Meaning of Initiation in Late Antiquity

Lech Trzcionkowski: Hieroi Logoi in 24 Rhapsodies. The Orphic Codex?

Philip Bosman: The End of the Ancient Oracles: From Deception to Dangerous Demons

List of Authors/Contributors

Index of Ancient Authors

Index of References

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-16-156594-0

OCLC:

1089526812