Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority: Platonists, Priests, and Gnostics in the Third Century C.E. PDF
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Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority DIVINATIONS: REREADING LATE ANCIENT RELIGION SeriesEditors: Daniel Boyarin, Virginia Burrus, Derek Krueger A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority Platonists, Priests, and Gnostics in the Third Century C.E. Heidi Marx-Wolf university of pennsylvania press philadelphia Copyright © 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marx-Wolf, Heidi, author. Spiritual taxonomies and ritual authority : Platonists, priests, and gnostics in the third century C.E. / Heidi Marx-Wolf. pages cm. — (Divinations: rereading late ancient religion) ISBN 978-0-8122-4789-3 (alk. paper) 1.Neoplatonism—History. 2. Gnosticism—History. 3.Spirits—History of doctrines. 4. Demonology—History. 5.Animal sacrifice—History. 6. Philosophy and religion— History. 7. Spiritual direction—History. I.Title.II.Series: Divinations. B517.M37 2016 186'.4—dc23 201502973 For Paul and Alexander the two best sublunary spirits I know and love This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1. How to Feed a Daemon: Third-Century Philosophers on Blood Sacrifice 13 Chapter 2. Everything in Its Right Place: Spiritual Taxonomy in Third-Century Platonism 38 Chapter 3. The Missing Link: Third-Century Platonists and “Gnostics” on Daemons and Other Spirits 71 Chapter 4. High Priests of the Highest God: Third-Century Platonists as Ritual Experts 100 Conclusion 126 Notes 133 Bibliography 179 Index 193 Acknowledgments 199 This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt ARG Archiv für Religionsgeschichte GCS Griechischen christliche Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte HTR Harvard Theological Review JANER Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JEH Journal of Ecclesiastic History JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies JLA Journal of Late Antiquity JRS Journal of Roman Studies JTS Journal of Theological Studies PGM Papyri Graecae Magicae TAPA Transactions of the American Philological Association
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