Beyond Priesthood

Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-11-044701-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 854 g

Reihe: Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten

The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these religious professionals and a good number of high quality publications. Our volume, however, with its unique intercultural character and its explicit focus on appropriation and contestation of religious expertise in the Imperial Era is substantially different. Unlike the rather narrow focus of earlier studies of civic priests, the papers presented here examine a wider range of religious professionals, their dynamic interaction with established religious authorities and institutions, and their contributions to religious innovation in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the late Hellenistic period through to Late Antiquity, from the City of Rome to mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, from Greek civic practice to ancient Judaism. A further advantage of our volume is the wide range of media of transmission taken into account. Our contributors look at both old and new materials, which derive not only from literary sources but also from papyri, inscriptions, and material culture. Above all, this volume assesses critically convenient terminological usage and offers a unique insight into a rich gamut of ancient Mediterranean religious specialists.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in classical studies, history of religion, a

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gordon, Richard L.

Petridou, Georgia

Rüpke, Jörg

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Kult, Riten, Feiertage, Zeremonien, Gebete

Über Autor(innen)

Richard L. Gordon und Jörg Rüpke, Max-Weber Kolleg, Universität Erfurt, Georgia Petridou, Universität Liverpool, UK.

Richard L. Gordon and Jörg Rüpke, Max-Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt, Germany, Georgia Petridou, University of Liverpool, UK.