Sceptic and believer in ancient mediterranean religions
Cover -- Title -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Clifford Ando - Disbelief and Cognate Concepts in Roman Antiquity -- Jan Assmann - Ancient Egyptian Disbelief in the Promises of Eternity -- Tim Whitmarsh - The Invention of Atheism and the Invention of Religion in Classical Athens -- Jan N. Bre...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Clifford Ando - Disbelief and Cognate Concepts in Roman Antiquity -- Jan Assmann - Ancient Egyptian Disbelief in the Promises of Eternity -- Tim Whitmarsh - The Invention of Atheism and the Invention of Religion in Classical Athens -- Jan N. Bremmer - Youth, Atheism, and (Un)Belief in Late Fifth-Century Athens -- Matthew A. Fox - Disbelief in Rome: A Reappraisal -- Babett Edelmann-Singer - "Who Will Worship This Man as a God, Who Will Believe in Him?" - Seneca's Apocolocyntosis and the Hermeneutical Categories of Belief and Scepticism in Emperor Cult -- Kai Trampedach - Plutarch als Apologet des Orakels von Delphi -- Janet Downie - Belief and Doubt in Aelius Aristides's Isthmian Oration: To Poseidon -- Inger N. I. Kuin - Loukianos Atheos? Humour and Religious Doubt in Lucian of Samosata -- Tobias Nicklas - Skepsis und Christusglaube: Funktionen, Räume und Impulse des Zweifels bei Paulus -- David P. Moessner - Luke as Sceptical "Insider" - Re-configuring the "Tradition" by Re-figuring the "Synoptic" Plot -- Benjamin Schliesser - The Gospel for Sceptics: Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29) and Early Christian Identity Formation -- Anna Van den Kerchove - "Why Do You Doubt?" - Scepticism and Some Nag Hammadi Writings -- Richard L. Gordon - Evading Doubt: Astrology and Magic in the Greco-Roman Period -- General Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index of Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Names, Places, and Subjects. |
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| ISBN: | 3161592492 |