Seeing the God Ways of Envisioning the Divine in Ancient Mediterranean Religion |
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| Editor:
| Pettis, Jeffrey B. |
| Contribution by:
| Pettis, Jeffrey B.
Calaway, Jared
French, Todd
Lillie, Celene
McGuckin, John A.
Trostyanskiy, Sergey |
| Series title: | Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4632-3488-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press, LLC
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $114.40 |
Book Description:
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"When people prayed, they expected their gods to come," wrote Robin Lane Fox, providing the impetus for this volume of collected essays exploring the concept of how the ancients "envisioned" the deities within various ancient religious traditions. The perspectives of Judaism, Gnosticism, Syriac Christianity, Byzantium, and Classical Greco-Roman religion and philosophy are considered. Specific emphasis is given to phenomena such as dreams, visions, and initiatory rites mediating the...
More Description"When people prayed, they expected their gods to come," wrote Robin Lane Fox, providing the impetus for this volume of collected essays exploring the concept of how the ancients "envisioned" the deities within various ancient religious traditions. The perspectives of Judaism, Gnosticism, Syriac Christianity, Byzantium, and Classical Greco-Roman religion and philosophy are considered. Specific emphasis is given to phenomena such as dreams, visions, and initiatory rites mediating the divine encounter.