Steinhauer-Hogg Religious Associations in the Post-Classical Polis

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-515-10869-0
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 50, 189 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge.

This e-book investigates the development of religious associations in the Aegean world in Hellenistic and Roman times on the basis of epigraphic and archaeological evidence from major sites. It offers a socio-cultural examination of religious associations linked to a variety of deities at different places. Founding or joining a religious association was a matter of individual choice. But that choice took place in an environment dominated by more traditional forms of religious worship, many of them closely integrated into the polis. Julietta Steinhauer asks what let individuals to participate in religious associations of this kind. What made these associations popular among people from different social groups and ethnic backgrounds? Who might found a religious association, how did they do it, and why? Which deities were the most popular among the worshippers initiating such associations, and what were the reasons for their choices? Two case-studies investigating the evidence from Athens and Delos form the foundation of this e-book. One chapter is dedicated to the background of people involved in religious associations. The actual assembly places are considered from an archaeological perspective. Finally, a comparative chapter deals with the socio-political place of religious associations in the post-classical poleis of the Aegean world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steinhauer-Hogg, Julietta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;6
2;CONTENTS;10
3;ABBREVIATIONS;12
4;1. INTRODUCTION;16
4.1;1.1 TERMINOLOGY;17
4.2;1.2 HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP;20
4.3;1.3 MATERIALS, METHODS, STRUCTURE;24
4.4;1.4 LEADING IDEAS;26
5;2. ATHENS – A CASE STUDY;28
5.1;2.1 EARLY EVIDENCE;30
5.2;2.2 THE FOURTH CENTURY BCE, A CENTURY OF ORGEONES ASSOCIATIONS;31
5.3;2.3 PEAK-TIME FOR RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATONS IN ATHENS?;37
5.4;2.4 ORGEONES IN PIRAEUS – THE CASE OF THE DIONYSIASTAI;44
5.5;2.5 DECREASE IN EVIDENCE;47
5.6;2.6 EARLY ROMAN ATHENS: NEW ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY;48
5.7;2.7 CONCLUSION ATHENS;49
6;3. DELOS, A CASE STUDY;52
6.1;3.1 RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS WORSHIPPING THE EGYPTIAN GODS;53
6.2;3.2 RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS WORSHIPPING AT THE ‘SANCTUARY OF THE SYRIAN GODS’;58
6.3;3.3 THE SANCTUARIES OF THE ‘ORIENTAL DEITIES’ AND THE KYNTHEION;59
6.4;3.4 RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS TO BE LINKED WITH THE ‘SYNAGOGUE’;62
6.5;3.5 OTHER ASSOCIATIONS – THE EXAMPLE OF THE POSEIDONIASTAI OF BERYTOS;66
6.6;3.6 THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF THE DELIAN SANCTUARIES;67
6.7;3.7 CONCLUSION DELOS;69
7;4. THE PEOPLE: PERSONNEL AND PARTICIPANTS;72
7.1;4.1 THE EGYPTIAN DEITIES: A CASE SUI GENERIS;74
7.2;4.2 ASSOCIATIONS WORSHIPPING OTHER ‘NEW’ GODS;93
7.3;4.3 METIC INITIATORS, PARTICIPANTS AND OFFICE-HOLDERS;100
7.4;4.4 CONCLUSION PEOPLE, PERSONNEL, AND PARTICIPANTS;108
8;5. ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY;111
8.1;5.1 EPIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES;111
8.2;5.2 FUNERARY SITES;114
8.3;5.3 RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS IN TEMPLES AND SANCTUARIES;119
8.4;5.4 DINING HALLS ATTACHED TO TEMPLES;122
8.5;5.5 FREE-STANDING ASSEMBLY-ROOMS;128
8.6;5.6 RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLIC SPACE;137
8.7;5.7 CONCLUSION: ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY;139
9;6. RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS;142
9.1;6.1 ATHENS;143
9.2;6.2 DELOS;149
9.3;6.3 RHODES;152
9.4;6.4 CONCLUSION RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS;159
10;7. CONCLUSION;161
11;8. BIBLIOGRAPHY;167
12;APPENDIX I;176
13;APPENDIX II;185
13.1;The Jews in the Diaspora;185
13.2;The Septuagint;186
14;GENERAL INDEX;187