Individual in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean

559 Pages·2013·3.605 MB·English

by  Jörg Rüpke

THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE RELIGIONS
OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
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The Individual in the
Religions of the Ancient
Mediterranean
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Acknowledgments
Manypeopleandafewinstitutionshelpedtobringthisvolumeinto
being.AgenerousgrantfromtheGermanScienceFoundation(DFG,
FOR1013) madeitpossible to setup a researchgroup on‘Religious
individualization in historical perspective’ at the Max Weber Centre
oftheUniversityofErfurtin2008andtoholdaseriesofconferences
atErfurt,finallyleadingtomanychaptersofthisvolume.Thanksto
the organizational efforts of Diana Püschel we gratefully remember
the atmosphere of the discussions as well as the gathering at the
‘Coelicum’ of the Cathedral and the Augustinerkloster. Elisabeth
Begemann in an early phase and Christopher Degelmann in the
final phase took care of the manuscripts. Hilary O’Shea took an
early interest in the project and found readers, who were helpful,
yet critical where necessary, in their comments. I should like to
thank Howard Emmens for his careful copy-editing. Finally, thanks
are addressed to all the contributors, Fellows of the Max Weber
Centre (indicated by their affiliation) and other participants in the
conference,fortheirparticipationinthediscussions,theirwillingness
to test terms and approaches, and their patience until publication.
Mihaela Holban has compiled the indices with her usual care and
consideration in order to open many different pathes into the argu-
mentofthisbook.
Erfurt,April2013,JörgRüpke
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Contents
ListofContributors x
Introduction
1. IndividualizationandIndividuationasConcepts
forHistoricalResearch 3
JörgRüpke
HistoricalChange
2. TheReligiousLifeinHellenisticPhoenicia:‘Middle
Ground’andNewAgencies 41
CorinneBonnet
3. DisguisingChangeintheFirstCentury 58
JohnA.North
4. Subjects,Gods,andEmpire,orMonarchismas
aTheologicalProblem 85
CliffordAndo
IndividualandSociety
5. IndividualandCommonCult:EpigraphicReflections 115
FritzGraf
6. RitualandtheIndividualinRomanReligion 136
GregWoolf
ExperiencesandChoices
7. TheReligiousAnthropologyofLate-Antique‘High’
MagicalPractice 163
RichardGordon
8. IndividualizationandtheCultoftheMartyrs:Examples
fromAsiaMinorintheFourthCentury 187
JohanLeemans
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ConceptualizingReligiousExperience
9. DimensionsofIndividualityinAncientMysteryCults:
ReligiousPracticeandPhilosophicalDiscourse 215
KatharinaWaldner
10. IndividualizationandReligiousRhetoricinImperial
Anatolia 243
NicoleBelayche
Agency
11. Mark’sGospelandthePre-HistoryofIndividuation 269
IanH.Henderson
12. TheIndividualandtheWordinHellenisticJudaism:
CasesinPhiloandJosephus 298
TessaRajak
13. FightingforDifferences:FormsandLimitsofReligious
Individualityinthe‘ShepherdofHermas’ 315
JörgRüpke
14. WillingtoDieforGod:IndividualizationandInstrumental
AgencyinAncientChristianMartyrLiterature 342
KarenL.King
MasterandDisciple
15. Religiomentis:TheHermeticProcessofIndividualization 387
GiuliaSfameniGasparro
16. TheDiscourseofRevelationasSourcefortheGnostic
ProcessofIndividuation 435
GiovanniFiloramo
BeyondtheEmpiricalIndividual
17. CiceroandSenecaontheFateoftheSoul:Private
FeelingsandPhilosophicalDoctrines 455
AldoSetaioli
Contents ix
18. ‘HumanitywasCreatedasanIndividual’:Synechdocal
IndividualityintheMishnahasaJewishResponseto
Romanization 489
CharlotteElishevaFonrobert
IndexofSources 523
GeneralIndex 536