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

761 Pages·2010·9.719 MB·English

by  Jitse Dijkstra, Justin Kroesen, Yme Kuiper

Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity
Numen Book Series
Studies in the History of Religions
SeriesEditors
Steven Engler(MountRoyalUniversity,Calgary,Canada)
Richard King(VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,U.S.A.)
Kocku von Stuckrad(UniversityofGroningen,TheNetherlands)
Gerard Wiegers(UniversityofAmsterdam,TheNetherlands)
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B.Bocking(London,UK);F.DiezdeVelasco(Tenerife,Spain);
I.S.Gilhus(Bergen,Norway);G.terHaar(TheHague,
theNetherlands);R.I.J.Hackett(Knoxville,TN,USA);T.Jensen
(Odense,Denmark);M.Joy(Calgary,Canada);A.H.Khan(Toronto,
Canada);P.P.Kumar(Durban,SouthAfrica);G.L.Lease(SantaCruz,
CA,USA);A.Tsukimoto(Tokyo,Japan);
A.T.Wasim(Yogyakarta,Indonesia).
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Myths, Martyrs,
and Modernity
Studies in the History of Religions in
Honour of Jan N. Bremmer
Editedby
Jitse Dijkstra, Justin Kroesen,
and Yme Kuiper
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2010
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1.Myth.2.Mythology.3.Christianity–Origin.4.Christianityandotherreligions–Judaism.
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CONTENTS
ListofIllustrations................................................ ix
ListofContributorsandEditors ................................. xiii
ListofAbbreviations.............................................. xix
Introduction ...................................................... xxiii
Acknowledgments................................................ xxxvii
BibliographyofJanN.Bremmer(–) .................. xxxix
partone
greek androman religion
TheCalydonianBoar ................................................. 3
MartinWest
LesbianSapphoRevisited............................................. 13
AndréLardinois
TheSignificance(orInsignificance)ofBlacknessinMythological
Names .............................................................. 31
RichardBuxton
TheCreativityofDisaster............................................. 43
SarahIlesJohnston
UntimelyDeathfortheYoungGirl:EtiologicalFoundationsand
InitiationPracticesinClassicalAthens ........................... 59
ClaudeCalame
TheSo-CalledEnvyoftheGods:RevisitingaDogmaofAncient
GreekReligion ..................................................... 75
LautaroRoigLanzilotta
EarthquakesandtheGods:ReflectionsonGraeco-Roman
ResponsestoCatastrophicEvents................................. 95
FritzGraf
vi contents
OraclesandGreekMentalities:TheManticConfirmationof
ManticRevelations................................................. 115
PierreBonnechere
PharaianKledomancy ................................................ 135
KennethLapatin
ASocraticLeafCharmforHeadache(Charmidesb–c),
OrphicGoldLeaves,andtheAncientGreekTraditionofLeaf
Amulets ............................................................ 145
ChristopherA.Faraone
Callimachus’SacrificetoApollo(Fragment.–)............... 167
RuurdR.Nauta
Women’sAffairs?OnaGroupofAtticVotiveReliefswithUnusual
Decoration ......................................................... 179
AnjaKlöckner
NewProblemsinAthenianReligion:The‘SacredLaw’fromAixone 193
RobertParker
ContractingCaterersonKeos........................................ 209
PetervanMinnen
Mnasistratos,the‘Hierophant’atAndania(IG..andSyll.3
)................................................................. 219
VincianePirenne-Delforge
PicturesfromanExecution........................................... 237
NicholasHorsfall
MagianLessonsinNaturalHistory:UniqueAnimalsin
Graeco-RomanNaturalMagic .................................... 249
RichardGordon
Pliny:ThePietyofaPersecutor ...................................... 271
WalterAmeling
ReligioversusReligion................................................ 301
GiovanniCasadio
contents vii
parttwo
judaismandearlychristianity
ScribalPracticesintheAramaicLiteraryTextsfromQumran ..... 329
FlorentinoGarcíaMartínez
TheGreatestTranslationofAllTime:TheCulturalImportanceof
theSeptuagint...................................................... 343
JackMiles
TheReceptionofDanielandandtheMaccabeanMartyrdoms
inHebrews:– .............................................. 359
JanWillemvanHenten
WithoutGod:SomeNotesonaGreekExpression .................. 379
PieterW.vanderHorst
IsEarlyChristianityaReligionoraPhilosophy?Reflectionson
theImportanceof‘Knowledge’and‘Truth’intheLettersofPaul
andPeter ........................................................... 393
GeorgeH.vanKooten
RationalesfortheAdoptionofChristianity ......................... 409
KenDowden
RewritingandTextualFluidityinAntiquity:Exploringthe
Socio-culturalandPsychologicalContextofEarliestChristian
Literacy............................................................. 425
IstvánCzachesz
ThomasinEdessa?AnotherLookattheOriginalSettingofthe
GospelofThomas................................................... 443
PierluigiPiovanelli
OrphicsandGnostics................................................. 463
EinarThomassen
RecognizingDemons................................................. 475
JandenBoeft
AlternativeUsesofGarmentsintheGraeco-RomanWorld ........ 487
TonHilhorst
AthensorJerusalem?FromEschatologicalHopestoCultural
Memory ............................................................ 501
GuyG.Stroumsa