| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 268 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Shifting selves in late antiquity / Patricia Cox Miller -- Search for the elusive self in texts of the Hebrew Bible / Saul M. Olyan -- Slave self / J. Albert Harrill -- Prayer of the queen : Esther's religious self in the Septuagint / Esther Menn -- Giving for a return : Jewish votive offerings in late antiquity / Michael L. Satlow -- Self in Artemidorus' interpretation of dreams / Peter T. Struck -- Sensory reform in Deuteronomy / Steven Weitzman -- Locating the sensing body : perception and religious identity in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Dialogue and deliberation : the sensory self in the hymns of Romanos the Melodist / Georgia Frank -- From master of wisdom to spiritual master in late antiquity / Guy G. Stroumsa -- Beastly body in rabbinic self-formation / Jonathan Schofer -- Making public the monastic life : reading the self in Evagrius Ponticus' talking back / David Brakke -- Student self in late antiquity / Edward Watts. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
Many recent studies have argued that the self is a modern invention, a concept developed in the last three centuries. Religion and the Self in Antiquity challenges that idea by presenting a series of studies that explore the origins, formation, and limits of the self within the religions of the ancient Mediterranean world. Drawing on recent work on the body, gender, sexuality, the anthropology of the senses, and power, contributors make a strong case that the history of the self does indeed begin in antiquity, developing as Western religion itself developed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Self -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Self -- Religious aspects. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Self -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Self. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
| Indexed Term |
Religious self |
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Antiquity |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Brakke, David.
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Satlow, Michael L.
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Weitzman, Steven, 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Religion and the self in antiquity. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2005008639 |
| ISBN |
9780253111715 (electronic book) |
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0253111714 (electronic book) |
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9780253217967 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253217962 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253346490 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0253346495 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0253217962 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253346495 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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