Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority: Platonists, Priests, and Gnostics in the Third Century C.E.
(Part of the Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series)
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The people of the late ancient Mediterranean world thought about and encountered gods, angels, demons, heroes, and other spirits on a regular basis. These figures were diverse, ambiguous, and unclassified and were not ascribed any clear or stable moral valence. Whether or not they were helpful or harmful under specific circumstances determined if and what virtues were attributed to them. That all changed in the third century C.E., when a handful...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0812247892
ISBN13:9780812247893
Release Date:February 2016
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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