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Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish statesman, philosopher, and religious thinker. A significant amount of his literary corpus was preserved by Christian hands and thereby came to resource numerous theologians in the Christian tradition. After passing into obscurity in Jewish circles in antiquity, Philo was rediscovered in the Italian Renaissance and came to feature in Jewish tradition once again. Philo's works straddle an interest in exegesis and philosophy, and the multi-faceted contents of his thought ensured a long history of reception among readers with their own agendas. This authoritative and systematic collection of essays by an international team of experts surveys Philo's reception from the time of his immediate contemporaries to the present day. The book unfolds over six sections: the first centuries, late antiquity, the middle ages, the renaissance and early modern period, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and contemporary perspectives.
Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
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Winner of the 2025 Canadian Society of Biblical Studies’ Beare Award.While many ancient Jewish and Christian leaders voiced opposition to Greek and Roman theater, this volume demonstrates that by the time the public performance of classical drama ceased at the end of antiquity the ideals of Jews and Christians had already been shaped by it in profound and lasting ways.Readers are invited to explore how gods and heroes famous from Greek drama animated the imaginations of ancient individuals and communities as they articulated and reinvented their religious visions for a new era. In this study, Friesen demonstrates that Greek theater’s influence is evident within Jewish and Christian intellectual formulations, narrative constructions, and practices of ritual and liturgy. Through a series of interrelated case studies, the book examines how particular plays, through texts and performances, scenes, images, and heroic personae, retained appeal for Jewish and Christian communities across antiquity. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach involving classical, Jewish, and Christian studies, and brings together these separate avenues of scholarship to produce fresh insights and a reevaluation of theatrical drama in relation to ancient Judaism and Christianity.Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era allows students and scholars of the diverse and evolving religious landscapes of antiquity to gain fresh perspectives on the interplay between the gods and heroes—both human and divine—of Greeks and Romans, Jews and Christians as they were staged in drama and depicted in literature.
Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
616 kr
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Winner of the 2025 Canadian Society of Biblical Studies’ Beare Award.While many ancient Jewish and Christian leaders voiced opposition to Greek and Roman theater, this volume demonstrates that by the time the public performance of classical drama ceased at the end of antiquity the ideals of Jews and Christians had already been shaped by it in profound and lasting ways.Readers are invited to explore how gods and heroes famous from Greek drama animated the imaginations of ancient individuals and communities as they articulated and reinvented their religious visions for a new era. In this study, Friesen demonstrates that Greek theater’s influence is evident within Jewish and Christian intellectual formulations, narrative constructions, and practices of ritual and liturgy. Through a series of interrelated case studies, the book examines how particular plays, through texts and performances, scenes, images, and heroic personae, retained appeal for Jewish and Christian communities across antiquity. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach involving classical, Jewish, and Christian studies, and brings together these separate avenues of scholarship to produce fresh insights and a reevaluation of theatrical drama in relation to ancient Judaism and Christianity.Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era allows students and scholars of the diverse and evolving religious landscapes of antiquity to gain fresh perspectives on the interplay between the gods and heroes—both human and divine—of Greeks and Romans, Jews and Christians as they were staged in drama and depicted in literature.
Envisioning God in the Humanities
Essays on Christianity, Judaism, and Ancient Religion in Honor of Melissa Harl Sellew
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
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Envisioning God in the Humanities
Essays on Christianity, Judaism, and Ancient Religion in Honor of Melissa Harl Sellew
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
611 kr
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Del 95 - Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity
Reading Dionysus
Euripides' Bacchae and the Cultural Contestations of Greeks, Jews, Romans, and Christians
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
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Courtney J. P. Friesen untersucht die Grenzverschiebungen der antiken Religionen anhand der Rezeption einer beliebten Tragödie, Euripides' Bakchen. Das Stück behandelt politische Krisen, die durch die Ankunft des "fremden" Gottes Dionysos und seines ekstatischen Kults provoziert werden, was von Publikum und Lesern als Hinweise auf ihre je eigenen kulturellen Kontexte verstanden wurde. Der Gott des Dramas wurde ein Sinnbild für ausgelassene und befreiende Spiritualität und, zur gleichen Zeit, ein Symbol für Eroberung. Daher heben Rezeptionen der Bakchen häufig Konflikte zwischen religiöser Unabhängigkeit und politischer Autorität hervor, sowie zwischen ethnischer Vielfalt und sozialem Zusammenhalt. Diese interdisziplinäre Studie spürt Aneignungen des Dramas und Anspielungen darauf zwischen dem fünften Jahrhundert v. Chr. und byzantinischer Zeit nach, nicht nur durch "Heiden", sondern auch durch Juden und Christen. Schriftsteller schärften auf verschiedene Weise ihre religiösen Vorstellungen in Abgrenzung zu Dionysos, während sie oftmals paradoxerweise die Sprache und Symbolik des Gottes annahmen. Folglich sind Imitation und Nachahmung zeitweise nicht von Polemik und Subversion zu unterscheiden.Diese Arbeit wurde mit dem Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise 2016 ausgezeichnet.