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Empsychoi logoi — religious innovations in antiquity: studies in honour of Pieter Willem van der Horst

By Albert De Jong , Alberdina Houtman , Magda Misset-van de Weg (editors)

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2008
ISBN
9004165975, 9789004165977, 904743322X, 9789047433224
DOI
10.1163/ej.9789004165977.i-646
ISSN
1871-6636
Google Books ID
Hj6wCQAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3204776 bytes)
Series
Ancient Judaism and early Christianity, v. 73
Pages
XXIV, 648\671
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2014-06-12 06:00:00

Description

The fact that religions show internal variation and develop over time is not only a problem for believers, but has also long engaged scholars. This is especially true for the religions of the ancient world, where the mere idea of innovation in religious matters evoked notions of revolution and destruction. With the emergence of new religious identities from the first century onwards, we begin to find traces of an entirely new vision of religion. The question was not whether a particular belief was new, but whether it was true and the two were no longer felt to be mutually exclusive. The present volume brings together articles that study this transformation, ranging from broad overviews to detailed case-studies.

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