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9780198152521

Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198152521

  • ISBN10:

    0198152523

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-21
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity. Paganism was not a unified tradition andconsequently the papers cover a wide social and intellectual spectrum. Particular emphasis is given to several aspects of the topic: first, monotheistic belief in late antique philosophical ideals and its roots in classical antiquity and the Near East; second, monistic Gnosticism; third, therevelatory tradition as expressed in oracular literature; and finally, the monotheistic trend in popular religion.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
vii
Introduction 1(20)
Polymnia Athanassiadi
Michael Frede
Towards Monotheism
21(20)
M. L. West
Monotheism and Pagan Philosophy in Later Antiquity
41(28)
Michael Frede
Monotheism in the Gnostic Tradition
69(12)
John Dillon
The Cult of Theos Hypsistos between Pagans, Jews, and Christians
81(68)
Stephen Mitchell
The Chaldaean Oracles: Theology and Theurgy
149(36)
Polymnia Athanassiadi
The Significance of the Speech of Praetextatus
185(22)
Wolf Liebeschuetz
Index 207

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