Religious competition in the Greco-Roman world / edited by Nathaniel P. DesRosiers and Lily C. Vuong.

Other author DesRosiers, Nathaniel P. editor.
Other author Vuong, Lily C., 1978- editor.
Format Book
PublicationAtlanta, GA, USA : SBL Press, [2016]
Descriptionxviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
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.
Rome--Religion. --History.
Greece--Religion. --History.

SeriesWritings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series
Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series no. 10. ^A1178946
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 --
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and indexes.
Issued in other formOnline version: Society of Biblical Literature. Annual Meeting (2012-2014 : United States). Religious competition in the Greco-Roman world. Atlanta : SBL Press, 2016 9780884141570
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2016012119
ISBN9781628371369
ISBN1628371366 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN9780884141587 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0884141586 hardcover alkaline paper

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