Reconceptualising Conversion - Patronage, Loyalty, and Conversion in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)

Combining classical, epigraphical, and biblical sources with social-scientific methodology, this monograph questions the way in which modern scholarship has tended to discuss ancient conversion. The author challenges long-held assumptions of psychological continuity between ancient and modern people, and offers in place of these assumptions a model founded on the categories the ancients used themselves. Graeco-Roman and Mediterranean religions and philosophies, including Hellenistic Judaism and Christianity, framed their religion in the language of patronage / benefaction and loyalty, and thus an understanding of ancient conversion must start there.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Release date:	August 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Zeba A. Crook
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	325
Edition:	Reprint 2012
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-018265-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	3-11-018265-3
Barcode:	9783110182651

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