Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions /

Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions /

This collection of papers from two workshops - held in Heidelberg, Germany, in July 1996 and Jerusalem, Israel, in October 1997 - is concerned with anthropological rather than theological aspects of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions, ranging from the 'primary' religions of the a...

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Other Authors: Assmann, Jan., Stroumsa, Guy G.

Format: eBook

Language: English
German
French

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.

Series: Numen Book Series 83.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Conversion > History > Congresses.
Purity, Ritual > History of doctrines > Congresses.
Mediterranean Region > Religion > Congresses.
Middle East > Religion > Congresses.

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Call Number: BL639 .T73 1999

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • J. Assmann and G.G. Stroumsa
  • Part One Confession and Conversion
  • From the Paradigm of Lament and Hearing to the Conversion Paradigm /
  • Fritz Stolz
  • Conversion, Piety and Loyalism in Ancient Egypt /
  • Jan Assmann
  • Magical Ascesis and Moral Purity in Ancient Egypt /
  • Robert Meyer
  • Quests and Visionary Journeys in Sasanian Iran /
  • Shaul Shaked
  • Die urchristliche Taufe und die sozia1e Konstruktion des neuen Menschen /
  • Gerd Theissen
  • The Transformation of the Inner Self in Gnostic and Hermetic Texts /
  • Petra von Gemünden
  • The Transformation of the Inner Self in Gnostic and Hermetic Texts /
  • Giovanni Filoramo
  • The Death Motif in Late Antique Teshuva Narrative Patterns. With a Note on Romans 5-8 /
  • Serge Ruzer
  • From Repentance to Penance in Early Christianity: Tertullian's De paenitentia in Context /
  • Guy G. Stroumsa
  • Penitence in Late Antique Monastic Literature /
  • Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony
  • Les transformations de la conscience de soi entre Plotin et Augustin /
  • Annick Charles-Saget
  • Part Two Guilt, Sin and Purification
  • Dimensions and Transformations of Purification Ideas /
  • Fritz Stolz
  • Confession in Ancient Egypt /
  • Jan Assmann
  • The Determination of Collective Guilt and the Interpretation of National Suffering in Late Egyptian Theology /
  • Robert Meyer
  • Salvation of the Impenitent ad majorem dei gloriam: Ezek 36: 16-32 /
  • Moshe Greenberg
  • Who Practiced Purification in Archaic Greece? A Cultural Profile /
  • Neta Ronen
  • Melampous and Epimenides: Two Greek Paradigms of the Treatment of Mistake /
  • Philippe Borgeaud
  • Purification in absentia: On the Development of Zoroastrian Ritual Practice /
  • Albert de Jong
  • The Expiation of Impieties Committed without Intention and the Formation of Roman Theology /
  • John Scheid
  • Yom Kippur in the Apocalyptic imaginaire and the Roots of Jesus' High Priesthood /
  • Daniel Stökl
  • The Seat of Sin in Early Jewish and Christian Sources /
  • Serge Ruzer
  • Baptismal Nudity as a Means of Ritual Purification in Ancient Christianity /
  • Giovanni Filoramo
  • Purification and its Discontents: Mani's Rejection of Baptism /
  • Guy G. Stroumsa
  • Aspects of Sin in the Monastic School of Gaza /
  • Aryeh Kofsky
  • Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.