Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum
Praying and Contemplating in Late Antiquity
Religious and Philosophical Interactions
Eleni Pachoumi and Mark Edwards, Heidelberg: Mohr Siebeck, 2018
Description
The present volume is focused on the interactions and syncretistic tensions between religion and philosophy in Late Antiquity. The contributors examine issues of personal religious attitudes, initiation to the mysteries, Orphism, theurgy, magic, the Neoplatonist philosopher’s quest for intimacy or union with the divine, magic and Christianity, and oracles, dream-visions and divination.
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Table of contents
Eleni Pachoumi and Mark Edwards – Introduction
John Dillon – Prayer and Contemplation in the Neoplatonic and Sufi Traditions
Eleni Pachoumi – Magico-religious and Philosophical Interactions in Proclus’ Theurgic Unions
John F. Finamore – Reason and Irrationality: Iamblichus on Divination through Dreams
Mark Wildish – Iamblichus on the Language of Prayer
Wayne J. Hankey – Ratio, Preces, Intuitus: Prayer’s Mediation in Boethius’ Consolation
John Hilton – Public and Private Prayer in the Works of the Emperor Julian
Mark Edwards – Primitive Christianity and Magic
Bronwen Neil – Dream-visions, Prophecy and Contemplation in Origen’s Contra Celsum
Annemaré Kotzé – Augustine Addressing God and Man in the Confessions
Matthew W. Dickie – The Meaning of Initiation in Late Antiquity
Lech Trzcionkowski – Hieroi Logoi in 24 Rhapsodies. The Orphic Codex?
Philip Bosman – The End of the Ancient Oracles: From Deception to Dangerous Demons
List of Authors/Contributors
Index of Ancient Authors
Index of References
Index of Subjects
Link
https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/praying-and-contemplating-in-late-antiquity-9783161561191?no_cache=1