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Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity

By Polymnia Athanassiadi , Michael Frede

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0198152523, 9780198152521, 9781423769415
LCC
BL221 .P34 1999
Google Books ID
QUoQEK2CgMkC
Open Library ID
OL375165M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1889073 bytes)
Pages
220\220
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity. Paganism was not a unified tradition and consequently the papers cover a wide social and intellectual spectrum. Particular emphasis is given to several aspects of the topic: first, monotheistic belief in late antique philosophical ideals and its roots in classical antiquity and the Near East; second, monistic Gnosticism; third, the revelatory tradition as expressed in oracular literature; and finally, the monotheistic trend in popular religion.

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