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- catalog abstract ""This is a guide to the world of religion in the Graeco-Roman environment of early Christianity." "Drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship, the volume paints a carefully nuanced portrait of the Christians' religious context. Besides describing ordinary domestic and civic religion and popular belief (including astrology, divination and 'magic'), there is extended discussion of mystery cults, ruler and emperor cults, the religious dimensions of philosophy, and Gnosticism." "A valuable textbook for advanced students, as well as an authoritative reference work for scholars."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Religiöse Umwelt des Urchristentums. English".
- catalog contributor b11421151.
- catalog coverage "Greece Religion.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Religion.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This is a guide to the world of religion in the Graeco-Roman environment of early Christianity." "Drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship, the volume paints a carefully nuanced portrait of the Christians' religious context. Besides describing ordinary domestic and civic religion and popular belief (including astrology, divination and 'magic'), there is extended discussion of mystery cults, ruler and emperor cults, the religious dimensions of philosophy, and Gnosticism." "A valuable textbook for advanced students, as well as an authoritative reference work for scholars."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "II. The fascination of the mysterious: The mystery cults -- A. Approaching the phenomenon -- The terminology -- Phenomenology -- History -- B. The mysteries of Eleusis -- The Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- The Eleusinian Synthema -- The three stages of the initiation -- The main feast -- The contents and meaning of the mysteries -- C. The cult and mysteries of Dionysus -- The Bacchae of Euripides -- The mystery cult -- Orphism -- D. The cult of Attis -- The myth -- The cult -- Formulae and rite of the mysteries -- The taurobolium -- E. The cult of Isis -- The myth -- Cult and mysteries -- Apuleius' book about Isis -- Sarapis -- F. The mysteries of Mithras -- The question of origin -- Grades and rites of initiation -- Place of worship and cultic image -- Spread and significance of the Mithras mysteries -- Evaluation".
- catalog description "III. Popular belief: A panorama -- astrology, soothsaying, miracles, magic -- A. Miracles of healing -- A place of healing: Epidauros -- A wonder worker: Apollonius of Tyana -- B. Foretelling the future and interpreting signs -- Clarification and general presentation of the concepts -- Delphi: the site of an oracle -- Further glimpses -- Collections of oracles: the Sibyllines -- Dreams and their interpretation -- C. Magic -- Outward manifestations -- Problems of demarcation -- Literary scenes involving magic -- Magical texts -- D. Astrology -- Basic elements and history -- Reflections in literature -- Astrological handbooks -- A look ahead".
- catalog description "IV. Divinised human beings: the cult of rulers and emperors -- A. The Hellenistic cult of rulers -- The beginnings -- Alexander the Great -- The period after Alexander -- The integration of Roman power -- B. The Roman imperial cult: persons -- Julius Caesar -- Augustus -- The Julio-Claudian emperors -- The Flavian emperors -- Trajan -- C. The imperial cult: forms and diffusion -- Forms -- Diffusion -- D. Concluding observations -- The imperial cult as 'institutional metaphor' -- Points of contact with early Christianity".
- catalog description "In search of happiness: philosophy and religion -- A. Introduction -- B. Stoicism in the imperial period -- Overview -- Seneca -- Epicretus -- Characteristics of the system -- Individual topics -- Cynicism and the Stoa -- C. Epicurus and his school -- Epicurus: personality and influence -- Epicurus; letter to Menoikeus -- The 'decisive propositions' -- On the reception of Epicurus' thought -- D. A middle Platonist: Plutach of Chaironeia -- The context in the history of philosophy -- Life and work -- Individual topics -- E. Retrospective".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. xxi-xxvii) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The broader task -- An earlier programme -- Elements from social theory -- Biblical paradigms -- I. Daily life and liminal experiences: civic and domestic religion -- A. The sacrificial cult -- The sacrificial rite -- Temples and altars -- Gods and images of gods -- Priests -- Feasts -- Theories of sacrifice -- B. The associations -- Outward manifestations and terminology -- Individual examples -- A view from the outside -- C. Religio domestica -- Preliminary questions of vocabulary and social history -- The domestic practice of the cult -- Private sanctuaries -- D. The cult of the dead -- The funeral ritual -- The underworld -- Giving the dead food and the meal celebrating the dead -- Epigrams on graves".
- catalog description "VI. Return to the divine origin: the gnostic transformation -- A. The question at issue -- On the relevance of this topic -- A description of the phenomenon -- Relationship to the New Testament -- B. State of the sources and problems of origins -- The sources -- Founders of the schools and teachers -- On the subsequent history -- The question of origins -- C. An outline of the doctrinal system -- Cosmology -- Anthropology -- Soteriology -- Eschatology -- Ecclesiology -- Ethics -- D. Conclusion: The 'song of the pearl' -- The contents -- On the interpretation.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 516 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0567086933".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies of the New Testament and its world".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "Translated from the German.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engger".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh : T & T Clark,".
- catalog spatial "Greece Religion.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Religion.".
- catalog subject "270.1 21".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Greek.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and other religions Roman.".
- catalog subject "Church history Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600.".
- catalog tableOfContents "II. The fascination of the mysterious: The mystery cults -- A. Approaching the phenomenon -- The terminology -- Phenomenology -- History -- B. The mysteries of Eleusis -- The Homeric Hymn to Demeter -- The Eleusinian Synthema -- The three stages of the initiation -- The main feast -- The contents and meaning of the mysteries -- C. The cult and mysteries of Dionysus -- The Bacchae of Euripides -- The mystery cult -- Orphism -- D. The cult of Attis -- The myth -- The cult -- Formulae and rite of the mysteries -- The taurobolium -- E. The cult of Isis -- The myth -- Cult and mysteries -- Apuleius' book about Isis -- Sarapis -- F. The mysteries of Mithras -- The question of origin -- Grades and rites of initiation -- Place of worship and cultic image -- Spread and significance of the Mithras mysteries -- Evaluation".
- catalog tableOfContents "III. Popular belief: A panorama -- astrology, soothsaying, miracles, magic -- A. Miracles of healing -- A place of healing: Epidauros -- A wonder worker: Apollonius of Tyana -- B. Foretelling the future and interpreting signs -- Clarification and general presentation of the concepts -- Delphi: the site of an oracle -- Further glimpses -- Collections of oracles: the Sibyllines -- Dreams and their interpretation -- C. Magic -- Outward manifestations -- Problems of demarcation -- Literary scenes involving magic -- Magical texts -- D. Astrology -- Basic elements and history -- Reflections in literature -- Astrological handbooks -- A look ahead".
- catalog tableOfContents "IV. Divinised human beings: the cult of rulers and emperors -- A. The Hellenistic cult of rulers -- The beginnings -- Alexander the Great -- The period after Alexander -- The integration of Roman power -- B. The Roman imperial cult: persons -- Julius Caesar -- Augustus -- The Julio-Claudian emperors -- The Flavian emperors -- Trajan -- C. The imperial cult: forms and diffusion -- Forms -- Diffusion -- D. Concluding observations -- The imperial cult as 'institutional metaphor' -- Points of contact with early Christianity".
- catalog tableOfContents "In search of happiness: philosophy and religion -- A. Introduction -- B. Stoicism in the imperial period -- Overview -- Seneca -- Epicretus -- Characteristics of the system -- Individual topics -- Cynicism and the Stoa -- C. Epicurus and his school -- Epicurus: personality and influence -- Epicurus; letter to Menoikeus -- The 'decisive propositions' -- On the reception of Epicurus' thought -- D. A middle Platonist: Plutach of Chaironeia -- The context in the history of philosophy -- Life and work -- Individual topics -- E. Retrospective".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The broader task -- An earlier programme -- Elements from social theory -- Biblical paradigms -- I. Daily life and liminal experiences: civic and domestic religion -- A. The sacrificial cult -- The sacrificial rite -- Temples and altars -- Gods and images of gods -- Priests -- Feasts -- Theories of sacrifice -- B. The associations -- Outward manifestations and terminology -- Individual examples -- A view from the outside -- C. Religio domestica -- Preliminary questions of vocabulary and social history -- The domestic practice of the cult -- Private sanctuaries -- D. The cult of the dead -- The funeral ritual -- The underworld -- Giving the dead food and the meal celebrating the dead -- Epigrams on graves".
- catalog tableOfContents "VI. Return to the divine origin: the gnostic transformation -- A. The question at issue -- On the relevance of this topic -- A description of the phenomenon -- Relationship to the New Testament -- B. State of the sources and problems of origins -- The sources -- Founders of the schools and teachers -- On the subsequent history -- The question of origins -- C. An outline of the doctrinal system -- Cosmology -- Anthropology -- Soteriology -- Eschatology -- Ecclesiology -- Ethics -- D. Conclusion: The 'song of the pearl' -- The contents -- On the interpretation.".
- catalog title "Religiöse Umwelt des Urchristentums. English".
- catalog title "The religious context of early Christianity : a guide to Graeco-Roman religions / Hans-Josef Klauck ; translated by Brian McNeil.".
- catalog type "text".