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This study sheds new light on identity formation and maintenance in the world of the early Christians by drawing on neglected archaeological and epigraphic evidence concerning associations and immigrant groups and by incorporating insights from the social sciences. The study's unique contribution relates, in part, to its interdisciplinary character, standing at the intersection of Christian Origins, Jewish Studies, Classical Studies, and the Social Sciences. It also breaks new ground in its thoroughly comparative framework, giving the Greek and Roman evidence its due, not as mere background b

Christianity and other religions. --- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Identification (Religion). --- Religions -- Relations.

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Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of the view that religion was a source of philosophical knowledge. This book studies that change, not from the usual perspective of the history of religion, but as part of the wider tendency of Post-Hellenistic philosophy to open up to external, non-philosophical sources of knowledge and authority. It situates two key themes, ancient wisdom and cosmic hierarchy, in the context of Post-Hellenistic philosophy and traces their reconfigurations in contemporary literature and in the polemic between Jews, Christians and pagans. Overall, Post-Hellenistic philosophy displayed a relatively high degree of unity in its ideas on religion, which should not be reduced to a preparation for Neoplatonism.

Philosophy, Ancient --- Religion --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- History. --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Ancient. --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Religion - Philosophy --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Church history

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The present volume contributes to a reassessment of the phenomenon of episcopal elections from the broadest possible perspective, examining the varied combination of factors, personalities, rules and habits that played a role in the process that eventually resulted in one specific candidate becoming the new bishop, and not another. The importance of episcopal elections hardly needs stating: With the bishop emerging as one of the key figures of late antique society, his election was a defining moment for the local community, and an occasion when local, ecclesiastical, and secular tensions were played out. Building on the state of the art regarding late antique bishops and episcopal election, this volume of collected studies by leading scholars offers fresh perspectives by focussing on specific case-studies and opening up new approaches. Covering much of the Later Roman Empire between 250-600 AD, the contributions will be of interest to scholars interested in Late Antique Christianity across disciplines as diverse as patristics, ancient history, canon law and oriental studies.

Bishops --- Church history --- Evêques --- Eglise --- Appointment, call, and election --- History. --- Nomination, choix et élection --- Histoire --- History --- Bishops - Appointment, call, and election - History. --- Bishops -- Appointment, call, and election -- History. --- Bishops. --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- -Church history --- -Academic collection --- 260.322 --- 27 "02/04" --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- Archbishops --- Clergy --- Major orders --- Metropolitans --- Orders, Major --- Chaplains, Bishops' --- Episcopacy --- -History. --- De bisschoppen:--theologisch --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"02/04" --- Conferences - Meetings --- 260.322 De bisschoppen:--theologisch --- Evêques --- Nomination, choix et élection --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Academic collection --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Appointment, call, and election&delete& --- Bishops - Appointment, call, and election - History --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Elections épiscopales --- Antique Church History. --- Episcopal Elections. --- Late Antique Christianity. --- Roman Empire.

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To understand the past, we necessarily group people together and, consequently, frequently assume that all of its members share the same attributes. In this ground-breaking volume, Eric Rebillard and Jörg Rüpke bring renowned scholars together to challenge this norm by seeking to rediscover the individual and to explore the dynamics between individuals and the groups to which they belong.

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The "holy poor" have long maintained an elite status within Christianity. Differing from the "real" poor, these clergymen, teachers, and ascetics have historically been viewed by their fellow Christians as persons who should receive material support in exchange for offering immeasurable immaterial benefits—teaching, preaching, and prayer. Supporting them—quite as much as supporting the real poor—has been a way to accumulate eventual treasure in heaven. Yet from the rise of Christian monasticism in Egypt and Syria to present day, Christians have argued fiercely about whether monks should work to support themselves. In Treasure in Heaven, renowned historian Peter Brown shifts attention from Western to Eastern Christianity, introducing us to this smoldering debate that took place across the entire Middle East from the Euphrates to the Nile. Seen against the backdrop of Asia, Christianity might have opted for a Buddhist model by which holy monks lived by begging alone. Instead, the monks of Egypt upheld an alternative model that linked the monk to humanity and the monastery to society through acceptance of the common, human bond of work. This model of Third World Christianity—a Christianity that we all too easily associate with the West—eventually became the basis for the monasticism of western Europe, as well as for modern Western attitudes to charity and labor. In Treasure in Heaven, Brown shows how and why we are still living—at times uncomfortably—with that choice.

Poverty --- Church work with the poor. --- Church history --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Primitive and early church. --- 30-600 --- Middle East --- Middle East. --- Church history. --- Church work with the poor --- Christianity --- 30-600. --- Poverty - Religious aspects - Christianity --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Pauvreté monastique --- Middle East - Church history