Beyond Conflicts : Cultural and Religious Cohabitations in Alexandria and Egypt between the 1st and the 6th Century CE.

Arcari, Luca.

Beyond Conflicts : Cultural and Religious Cohabitations in Alexandria and Egypt between the 1st and the 6th Century CE. - Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (475 pages) - Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / v. 103 .

2.1. Being "Jewish" in Alexandria after 115 CE.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Luca Arcari: Cultural and Religious Cohabitations in Alexandria and Egypt between the 1st and the 6th Cent. CE; 1. Methodological issues; 1.1. Constructing collective "identities"; 2. Religious and cultural cohabitations in Egypt and Alexandria(1st-6th cent. CE); 2.1. A regional approach in light of the integration between different sources; 2.1.1. "Pervasive" cultural centres; 2.1.2. Local reinventions of tradition; 2.2. The limits of the "traditional" taxonomies; 3. Structure and contents of the book; Bibliography. Part One: Use, (Re- )Invention And (Re- )Definitionof Discursive PracticesTobias Nicklas: Jewish, Christian, Greek? The Apocalypse of Peter as a Witness of Early 2nd-Cent. Christianity in Alexandria; 1. The Apocalypse of Peter -- Jewish, Christian, or other?; 2. Results regarding the text's alleged place and context of origin; 3. Conclusion; Bibliography; Philippe Matthey: The Once and Future King of Egypt: Egyptian "Messianism" and the Construction of the Alexander Romance; 1. The Egyptian origins of the Alexander Romance; 2. "Apocalyptic" literature in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. 3. Apocalyptic elements in the Alexander Romance4. Development of the Graeco-Egyptian "apocalypticism"; 5. Historical theodicy in Egypt; 6. Production of "apocalyptic" literature in ancient Egypt. A conclusion; Bibliography; Antonio Sena: Demonology between Celsus and Origen: A Theoretical Model of Religious Cohabitation?; 1. Origen's education and Celsus' background; 2. Demonology as an integration proposal; 3. A model of cultic integration; Bibliography; Daniele Tripaldi: "Basilides" and "the Egyptian Wisdom:" Some Remarks on a Peculiar Heresiological Notice (Ps.-Hipp. Haer. 7.20-27). 4. Miniature codices as representatives of Graeco-Roman bookculture in Egypt?Bibliography; Paola Buzi: Remains of Gnomic Anthologies and Pagan Wisdom Literature in the Coptic Tradition; 1. Premise; 2. Classical works in the Coptic language; 3. The Menandri sententiae; 4. The Sexti sententiae; 5. The Dicta philosophorum; Bibliography; Part Two: Ideological Debates as Images of Culturaland Religious Cohabitations; Bernard Pouderon: "Jewish," "Christian" and "Gnostic" Groups in Alexandria during the 2nd Cent.: Between Approval and Expulsion; 1. Introduction; 2. The various groups.

Es ist bekannt, dass Ägypten eine Art Sonderstellung bei der Erforschung antiker Kulturen und Religionen innehat, da es der Wissenschaft ermöglicht, sich auf eine große Anzahl unterschiedlicher Dokumente zu beziehen. Es ist das Hauptziel dieses Bandes, die Vielfalt des Materials interaktiv zu untersuchen.



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Christianity and other religions--Egyptian--Congresses.
Christianity and other religions--Greek--Congresses.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism--Congresses.


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