Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity
A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity. Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- A Note on Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- Situation in Current Research and Themes of the Volume -- Overview of Contributions to the Volume -- Part I Methodology -- Chapter 1 Sacred Prefigurations of Violence: Religious Communities in Situations of Conflict -- Introduction: A Causal Relationship between Religion and Violence? -- A Contemporary Case of the Link between Religious Communities and Violence: The 9/11 Attack as a Ghazwa of Muhammad -- An Ancient Case of the Link between Religious Communities and Violence: The Violent Zeal of Phinehas for the Observation of God's Covenant with Israel -- The Thomas Theorem -- Jewish and Muslim Definitions of the Middle East Conflict -- Conclusion: Methodological Rules for the Investigation of the Relationship between Religious Communities and Acts of Violence -- Chapter 2 Priestesses, Pogroms and Persecutions: Religious Violence in Antiquity in a Diachronic Perspective -- Introduction -- Socrates and Phryne -- The 'Pogrom' of Alexandria in ad 38 -- The Roman Persecutions -- Christian Cultural Violence: The Case of Gaza -- Conclusion -- Part II Religious Violence in the Graeco-Roman World -- Chapter 3 Ancient Greek Binding Spells and (Political) Violence -- Introduction: Cultures of Terror -- Current Approaches -- A Body in Parts -- A Political Discourse -- Subjectivation -- Conclusion: Bodies Politic -- Chapter 4 The Expulsion of Isis Worshippers and Astrologers from Rome in the Late Republic and Early Empire -- Introduction -- The Cults of Isis and Sarapis -- Astrology -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Religious Violence? Two Massacres on a Sabbath in 66 ce: Jerusalem and Caesarea -- Introduction -- Context, Method and Possible Stakes -- Two Massacres: Josephus' War. |
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| ISBN: | 1108849539 |