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The late Karl-Johan Illman was a professor of Biblical and Judaic
studies at Abo Akademi University in Abo/Turku, Finland. A beloved
and respected figure in the Judeo-Christian dialogue and an
accomplished scholar of Judaism, he is remembered in this memorial
volume by leading scholars of Biblical and Judaic studies in Europe
and North America.
Philo of Alexandria and Flavius Josephus are amongst the most
influential ancient writers. In his long scholarly career, Per
Bilde (1939-2014) published various essays, studies and articles
examining early Judaism and the historical Jesus from the angle of
the work of Philo and Josephus. Many of the articles contain
in-depth treatment of primary sources, and thus are of great value
for scholars to come. The studies in this volume have yet been
compiled by Per Bilde himself. They are now edited posthumously
with contributions from Steve Mason (Groningen) and Mogens M|ller
(Copenhagen) responding to Bilde's work.
The contributors to this volume seek to decipher the Hellenistic
citizens' views on vital elements of their society: the city, the
ruler, religion, magic and astrology, everyday life and social
relations (family and gender), morality, uses of the past, and the
iconography of death. How did the changes in political and social
ideas affect actions and practices, which in turn again altered
concepts? Moreover, the authors distinguish between the views of
the common people and the elite, the evidence from inscriptions
(seen as popular sentiment) and the evidence from literature (from
the elite). The authors' conclusions have broad ramifications for
future scholars in a field that has not hitherto received much
attention. This volume is essential reading on the early
development of individualism and the history of ideas.
This collection of essays was presented to Professor Soren Giversen
on his 65th birthday, 9 January 1993. Their common theme is ancient
Gnosticism and its importance to the social, cultural and religious
development of the Mediterranean world from Hellenistic to Roman
times. Our knowledge of Gnosticism has recently been enriched by
the discovery of previously unknown Gnostic texts preserved in
Coptic manuscripts and published by Soren Giversen and others.
These texts form the point of departure for several of the essays;
others deal with Marcion, early Christianity and Judaism and their
attitude to crucial Gnostic issues.
The Hellenistic period is a highly complicated one. Political
transformations, changing configurations of society, and even a new
awareness of the world on all levels - religious, philosophical,
scientific, ethnographical, cultural, artistic - characterized the
centuries before the birth of Christ. In the search for both
structure and understanding of these processes, the application of
centre and periphery perspective is almost imperative.;Centre and
periphery is a very powerful heuristic set of concepts within
archaeological, historical and other studies of society and
ideology, and has demonstrated its power by its continuing ability
to provide new explanations and to create new images.;The series
"Studies in Hellenistic Civilization" is published for the Danish
Research Council for the Humanities. This fourth volume contains
the proceedings of an international symposium on Centre and
Periphery in the Hellenistic World held at Fuglsang Manor, Denmark,
in March 1992.
This first volume in the series "Studies in Hellenistic
Civilization", published for the Danish Research Council for the
Humanities, covers all aspects of religion and religious practice
in the Seleucid kingdom.
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