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Religions of late antiquity in practice / Richard Valantasis, editor. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton readings in religionsPublication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)2000.Description: xvi, 511 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0691057508
  • 0691057516
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL690.R455 2000
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Contents:
Introduction Richard Valantasis 3 -- Part I. Inventing the Individual : Biography The First Sahidic Life of Pachomius James E. Goehring 19 Philostratus of Athens, Life of Apollonius of Tyana Megan H. Williams 34 Porphyry, On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books Richard Valantasis 50 -- Part II. Refashioning the Person : Asceticism Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer and Anger Columba Stewart 65 Pseudo-Athanasius, Discourse on Salvation to a Virgin Teresa M. Shaw 82 Basil of Caesarea, The "Prooemium" of the Regulaefusius tractatae Lawrence J. Altepeter 100 Sermons of Columbanus Arthur G. Holder 109 Manichaean Asceticism Jason David BeDuhn 122 -- Part III. Founding Religious Movements : Organizations Talmudic Texts and Jewish Social Life Daniel Boyarin 133 Julian "the Apostate," Against the Galileans Elizabeth Geraldine Burr 143 A Thriving Native Cult in the Fifth Century and Its Demise under Coptic Monks David Frankfurter 156 The Cologne Mani Codex Ellen Bradshaw Aitken 161 Tales of Holy Fools Derek Krueger 177 -- Part IV. Locating Religion in Society : Community Vision for the City : Nisibis in Ephrem's Hymns on Nicomedia David Bundy 189 Acts of Thomas : Scene One David G. Hunter 207 An Anonymous Letter to a Woman Named Susanna Maureen A. Tilley 218 A Plea to a Local God for a Husband's Attentions David Frankfurter 230 Bishop Avitus of Vienne to His Excellency Ansmundus Maureen A. Tilley 232 Chrysostom's Catecheses : A Hermeneutic of Social Institutions Arthur B. Shippee 235 John Chrysostom, Sermons on City Life Blake Leyerle 247 -- Part V. Regulating Religious Expression : Law Laws on Religion from the Theodosian and Justinianic Codes Matthew C. Mirow and Kathleen A. Kelley 263 The Acts of the Council of Aquileia (381 C.E.) Kenneth B. Steinhauser 275 Canons of the Council in Trullo (692 C.E.) James C. Skedros 289 -- Part VI. Creating Religious Ceremonial : Ritual The Mithras Liturgy and Sepher Ha/Razim Kimberly B. Stratton 303 Manichaean Ritual Jason David BeDuhn 316 The Seal of the Merkavah Michael D. Swartz 322 Anonymous Spanish Correspondence or the Letter of the "She/ass" Virginia Burrus and Tracy Keefer 330 Amuletic Invocations of Christ for Health and Fortune David Frankfurter 340 -- Part Virgin IslandsI. Singing Divine Praises : Hymnody The Hymns of Ambrose Carl P. E. Springer 347 Hymns to Mary, the Mother of God, the Theotokos Vasiliki Limberis 357 Manichaean Hymnody Jason David BeDuhn 364 An Isis Aretalogy from Kyme in Asia Minor, First Century B.C.E. Gail Corrington Streete 369 -- Part Virgin IslandsII. Sacrificing Self to God : Martyrology The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity Maureen A. Tilley 387 The Martyrs of Lyons Frederick W. Weidmann 398 The Martyrdom of Habbib the Deacon Robert Doran 413 4 Maccabees Clayton N. Jefford 424 -- Part IX. Enlivening Thought : Philosophy and Theology Gregory Nazianzen, Homily on the Nativity of Christ Nonna Verna Harrison 443 Texts on Iconoclasm : John of Damascus and the Council of Hiereia David Vila 454 Asterius of Amasea Ekphrasis on the Holy Martyr Euphernia Elizabeth A. Castelli 464 Christian Oracle Shrines David Frankfurter 469 Popular Religious Practices in Fifth-Century Egypt David Frankfurter 473 The Zenith and Destruction of a Native Egyptian Oracle in 359 C.E. David Frankfurter 476 Manichaean Theology Jason David BeDuhn 481 lamblichus, de Mysteriis, Book 1, The de Mysteriis Peter T. Struck 489.
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Introduction Richard Valantasis 3 -- Part I. Inventing the Individual : Biography The First Sahidic Life of Pachomius James E. Goehring 19 Philostratus of Athens, Life of Apollonius of Tyana Megan H. Williams 34 Porphyry, On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books Richard Valantasis 50 -- Part II. Refashioning the Person : Asceticism Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer and Anger Columba Stewart 65 Pseudo-Athanasius, Discourse on Salvation to a Virgin Teresa M. Shaw 82 Basil of Caesarea, The "Prooemium" of the Regulaefusius tractatae Lawrence J. Altepeter 100 Sermons of Columbanus Arthur G. Holder 109 Manichaean Asceticism Jason David BeDuhn 122 -- Part III. Founding Religious Movements : Organizations Talmudic Texts and Jewish Social Life Daniel Boyarin 133 Julian "the Apostate," Against the Galileans Elizabeth Geraldine Burr 143 A Thriving Native Cult in the Fifth Century and Its Demise under Coptic Monks David Frankfurter 156 The Cologne Mani Codex Ellen Bradshaw Aitken 161 Tales of Holy Fools Derek Krueger 177 -- Part IV. Locating Religion in Society : Community Vision for the City : Nisibis in Ephrem's Hymns on Nicomedia David Bundy 189 Acts of Thomas : Scene One David G. Hunter 207 An Anonymous Letter to a Woman Named Susanna Maureen A. Tilley 218 A Plea to a Local God for a Husband's Attentions David Frankfurter 230 Bishop Avitus of Vienne to His Excellency Ansmundus Maureen A. Tilley 232 Chrysostom's Catecheses : A Hermeneutic of Social Institutions Arthur B. Shippee 235 John Chrysostom, Sermons on City Life Blake Leyerle 247 -- Part V. Regulating Religious Expression : Law Laws on Religion from the Theodosian and Justinianic Codes Matthew C. Mirow and Kathleen A. Kelley 263 The Acts of the Council of Aquileia (381 C.E.) Kenneth B. Steinhauser 275 Canons of the Council in Trullo (692 C.E.) James C. Skedros 289 -- Part VI. Creating Religious Ceremonial : Ritual The Mithras Liturgy and Sepher Ha/Razim Kimberly B. Stratton 303 Manichaean Ritual Jason David BeDuhn 316 The Seal of the Merkavah Michael D. Swartz 322 Anonymous Spanish Correspondence or the Letter of the "She/ass" Virginia Burrus and Tracy Keefer 330 Amuletic Invocations of Christ for Health and Fortune David Frankfurter 340 -- Part Virgin IslandsI. Singing Divine Praises : Hymnody The Hymns of Ambrose Carl P. E. Springer 347 Hymns to Mary, the Mother of God, the Theotokos Vasiliki Limberis 357 Manichaean Hymnody Jason David BeDuhn 364 An Isis Aretalogy from Kyme in Asia Minor, First Century B.C.E. Gail Corrington Streete 369 -- Part Virgin IslandsII. Sacrificing Self to God : Martyrology The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity Maureen A. Tilley 387 The Martyrs of Lyons Frederick W. Weidmann 398 The Martyrdom of Habbib the Deacon Robert Doran 413 4 Maccabees Clayton N. Jefford 424 -- Part IX. Enlivening Thought : Philosophy and Theology Gregory Nazianzen, Homily on the Nativity of Christ Nonna Verna Harrison 443 Texts on Iconoclasm : John of Damascus and the Council of Hiereia David Vila 454 Asterius of Amasea Ekphrasis on the Holy Martyr Euphernia Elizabeth A. Castelli 464 Christian Oracle Shrines David Frankfurter 469 Popular Religious Practices in Fifth-Century Egypt David Frankfurter 473 The Zenith and Destruction of a Native Egyptian Oracle in 359 C.E. David Frankfurter 476 Manichaean Theology Jason David BeDuhn 481 lamblichus, de Mysteriis, Book 1, The de Mysteriis Peter T. Struck 489.

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