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 Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity: Studies in the History of Religions in Honour of Jan N. Bremmer

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-lvi)   (639K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Illustrations
    • List Of Contributors And Editors
    • List Of Abbreviations
    • Introduction
    • Acknowledgments
    • Bibliography Of Jan N. Bremmer (1969–2009)
  • The Calydonian Boar (1-12) by Martin West   (124K)
  • Lesbian Sappho Revisited (13-30) by André Lardinois   (183K)
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    • Women’s Love In Sparta?
    • Other Greek Evidence And Anthropological Parallels
    • Women’s Love On Lesbos?
    • Conclusion
  • The Significance (Or Insignificance) Of Blackness In Mythological Names (31-42) by Richard Buxton   (148K)
  • The Creativity Of Disaster (43-58) by Sarah Iles Johnston   (155K)
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    • The Three-Part (Or Rather The Four-Part) Pattern
    • Other Disastrous Aitia
    • A World Of Remnants
    • Death And The End Of Humanity
  • Untimely Death For The Young Girl: Etiological Foundations And Initiation Practices In Classical Athens (59-74) by Claude Calame   (179K)
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    • ‘Initiatory’ Narratives: The Kourotrophy Of Erichthonius By The Daughters Of Cecrops
    • Adolescent Ritual Practices: The Arrephoria
    • Metaphorical Interactions: From The Seed Of Hephaestus To The Cecropids’ Dew
    • Ritual Spaces: Between The Great Rocks And The Erechtheion
  • The So-Called Envy Of The Gods: Revisiting A Dogma Of Ancient Greek Religion (75-94) by Lautaro Roig Lanzilotta   (198K)
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    • The So-Called ‘Envy Of The Gods’: Status Quaestionis And Main Positions
    • Conceptual, Sociological, Historical, And Terminological Aspects Of The Problem
    • The Texts
    • Conclusions
  • Earthquakes And The Gods: Reflections On Graeco-Roman Responses To Catastrophic Events (95-114) by Fritz Graf   (192K)
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    • Gods And Earthquakes
    • Divine And Human Emotions
    • Narrations And Catastrophes
    • Christian Reactions To Catastrophes
  • Oracles And Greek Mentalities: The Mantic Confirmation Of Mantic Revelations (115-134) by Pierre Bonnechere   (203K)
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    • Agesipolis And The Sacred Truce Of The Argives
    • The Mantic Confirmation Of Mantic Revelations
    • Agesipolis In The Greek Perspective
    • Towards A Provisional Synthesis
  • Pharaian Kledomancy (135-144) by Kenneth Lapatin   (484K)
  • A Socratic Leaf Charm For Headache (Charmides 155b–157c), Orphic Gold Leaves, And The Ancient Greek Tradition Of Leaf Amulets (145-166) by Christopher A. Faraone   (371K)
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    • Framing The Charmides With Thracian Incantations
    • The Orphic Gold Leaves In The Late Classical Period
    • Leaf Amulets Of The Roman Imperial Period
    • Conclusion
  • Callimachus' Sacrifice To Apollo (Fragment 1.21–24) (167-178) by Ruurd R. Nauta   (147K)
  • Women's Affairs? On A Group Of Attic Votive Reliefs With Unusual Decoration (179-192) by Anja Klöckner   (3M)
  • New Problems In Athenian Religion:The 'sacred Law' From Aixone (193-208) by Robert Parker   (194K)
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    • A Plethora Of Priesthoods, And The Problem Of The Issuing Body: Aixone Or A Genos?
    • Duties Of The Priests, And Clientele Of The Cults
    • Hagne Theos
    • Varieties Of Sacrifice
    • Appendix: ‘Good Goddess’ (Ἀγαϑὴ ϑεός)
  • Contracting Caterers On Keos (209-218) by Peter Van Minnen   (136K)
  • Mnasistratos, The 'Hierophant' At Andania (IG 5.1.1390 And Syll.3 735) (219-236) by Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge   (196K)
  • Pictures Froman Execution (237-248) by Nicholas Horsfall   (147K)
  • Magian Lessons In Natural History: Unique Animals In Graeco-Roman Natural Magic (249-270) by Richard Gordon   (221K)
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    • Animal Species And Parts In The Magico-Medical Tradition
    • Implicit Theory: Rules And Schemes
    • Transgression As A Source Of Power
    • Explicit Theory: Unique Animals
    • Uniqueness As A Rational Criterion
  • Pliny: The Piety Of A Persecutor (271-300) by Walter Ameling   (289K)
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    • The Life And Letters Of Pliny
    • Religion In Pliny’s Letters, Books 1–9
    • Religion In Pliny’s Career
    • Religion And The Duties Of The Governor
    • Conclusion
  • Religio Versus Religion (301-326) by Giovanni Casadio   (277K)
  • Scribal Practices In The Aramaic Literary Texts From Qumran (327-342) by Florentino García Martínez   (131K)
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    • Specificity Of The Texts Within The Collection
    • Possible Qumran Origins
    • Function Within The Collection
  • The Greatest Translation Of All Time: The Cultural Importance Of The Septuagint (343-358) by Jack Miles   (148K)
  • The Reception Of Daniel 3 And 6 And The Maccabean Martyrdoms In Hebrews 11:33–38 (359-378) by Jan Willem Van Henten   (200K)
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    • Hebrews 11:33–38 In The Larger Context Of Hebrews 11:1–12:3
    • Reception Of Daniel 3 And 6; 2 Maccabees 6:18–7:42
    • Conclusion
  • Without God: Some Notes On A Greek Expression (379-392) by Pieter W. Van Der Horst   (157K)
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    • Appendix
  • Is Early Christianity A Religion Or A Philosophy? Reflections On The Importance Of 'Knowledge' And 'Truth' In The Letters Of Paul And Peter (393-408) by George H. Van Kooten   (167K)
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    • Religion And Philosophy
    • ‘Learning That There Is A God, And What The Gods Are Like’
    • The Definition Of Religion, Conversion, And Leadership In Terms Of Knowledge
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Rationales For The Adoption Of Christianity (409-424) by Ken Dowden   (167K)
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    • Explanations
    • Evolution And Rupture
    • Christianity And Rupture
    • Crisis
    • Conclusion: On First Reading Kuhn
  • Rewriting And Textual Fluidity In Antiquity: Exploring The Socio-Cultural And Psychological Context Of Earliest Christian Literacy (425-442) by István Czachesz   (181K)
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    • Rewriting And Textual Fluidity In Ancient Literature
    • Fluidity And Memory
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Thomas In Edessa? Another Look At The Original Setting Of The Gospel Of Thomas (443-462) by Pierluigi Piovanelli   (228K)
  • Gnostics And Orphics (463-474) by Einar Thomassen   (138K)
  • Recognizing Demons (475-486) by Jan Den Boeft   (152K)
  • Alternative Uses Of Garments In The Graeco-Roman World (487-500) by Ton Hilhorst   (157K)
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    • Sleeping
    • Unisex Use
    • Dividing One’s Cloak
    • Dropping One’s Mantle
    • Tearing One’s Garments
    • Slinging
    • Tying An Adversary Around The Neck
  • Athens Or Jerusalem? From Eschatological Hopes To Cultural Memory (501-514) by Guy G. Stroumsa   (138K)
  • The Gospel of Kauṇḍinya: The Descent Of God In Gujarat And The Practice Of Imitating God (515-530) by Hans Bakker   (161K)
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    • Kauṇḍinya’s Pañcārthabhāsya: Kuśika And The Divine Revelation
    • The Pāśupata Praxis
  • From Alien To Familiar: Christ In Language And Law Of Medieval Frisia (531-552) by Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr   (219K)
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    • The Concept Of ‘Inculturation’
    • Translating Concepts In Words
    • ‘Christ’ In Old Frisian
    • The ‘Lord’ In Old Frisian
    • Assimilating To A Violent Society
    • Transforming Feuding Traditions
    • Epilogue
    • Appendix: A Formulary For Offering The Compensation For Manslaughter
  • The Platonic Frenzies In Marsilio Ficino (553-568) by Wouter J. Hanegraaff   (171K)
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    • Introduction:The Meaning Of Mania
    • Divine Frenzy
    • Soul Therapy
    • Affective States Of Reason
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Living Well And Living On: Martyrdom And The Imago Vitae In The Early Modern Age (569-592) by Christoph Auffarth   (4M)
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    • Lebensbild In The History Of European Religion
    • The ‘Living Image’ Of Luther On A Gravestone
    • Seneca As A Model For The Imago Vitae
    • Stoicism And Conversion In Lipsius, Or: The Works Of Lipsius As Imago Vitae
    • The Christian Martyr: Paul
    • Conclusion: Transcending Martyrdom And Death
  • Religious Knowledge And The Origins Of Modernity (593-608) by Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob and Wijnand Mijnhardt   (153K)
  • Si Vis Me Flere . . . On Preachers, Passions And Pathos In Eighteenth-Century Europe (609-628) by Herman Roodenburg   (1M)
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    • Introduction
    • Embodying Religion
    • Embodying The Rules
    • Religion, Sentiments, And The Body
  • On Monte Verità: Myth And Modernity In The Lebensreform Movement (629-650) by Yme Kuiper   (2M)
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    • Culture Of The Body
    • Interpretations And Key Concepts
    • Tolstojans On The Mountain
    • Idealists And Intellectuals
    • Anarchists And Socialists
    • Sun Worship
    • Music And Dance
    • Narratives And Models
    • Myth-Making And Its Deconstruction
  • For The Sake Of The Community: Two Scripts Of Martyrdom Operations Among Muslims (651-670) by Hans G. Kippenberg   (185K)
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    • Martyrdom Operations: Individual Violent Acts For The Sake Of A Social Community
    • An Arena Of Salvation: Palestine As Land Endowed By The Prophet
    • Hamas’ Relationship To Israel: ‘Coexistence Within Conflict’
    • Ethics Of Responsibility And Ethics Of Conviction In Martyrdom Operations
    • Muslim Cultures Of Warrior Ethos
    • Epilogue
  • Rewriting The Book Of Nature: Kabbalah And The Metaphors Of Contemporary Life-Sciences (671-686) by Kocku Von Stuckrad   (156K)
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    • Life-Sciences, Codes, And Religious Programs
    • The Texture Of The Divine In Early Kabbalah
    • Linguistic Ontologies In Christian Kabbalah
  • Index Of Names (687-704)   (120K)