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Beyond Priesthood - Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire (Hardcover, Digital original)
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Beyond Priesthood - Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire (Hardcover, Digital original)
Series: Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten
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The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these
religious professionals and a good number of high quality
publications. Our volume, however, with its unique intercultural
character and its explicit focus on appropriation and contestation
of religious expertise in the Imperial Era is substantially
different. Unlike the rather narrow focus of earlier studies of
civic priests, the papers presented here examine a wider range of
religious professionals, their dynamic interaction with established
religious authorities and institutions, and their contributions to
religious innovation in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the
late Hellenistic period through to Late Antiquity, from the City of
Rome to mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, from Greek
civic practice to ancient Judaism. A further advantage of our
volume is the wide range of media of transmission taken into
account. Our contributors look at both old and new materials, which
derive not only from literary sources but also from papyri,
inscriptions, and material culture. Above all, this volume assesses
critically convenient terminological usage and offers a unique
insight into a rich gamut of ancient Mediterranean religious
specialists.
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