Religion and the self in antiquity [electronic resource] / edited by David Brakke, Michael L. Satlow, Steven Weitzman. - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005. - vi, 268 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shifting selves in late antiquity / The search for the elusive self in texts of the Hebrew Bible / The slave self / Prayer of the queen : Esther's religious self in the Septuagint / The self in Artemidorus' interpretation of dreams / Sensory reform in Deuteronomy / Locating the sensing body : perception and religious identity in late antiquity / Dialogue and deliberation : the sensory self in the hymns of Romanos the Melodist / From master of wisdom to spiritual master in late antiquity / The beastly body in rabbinic self-formation / Making public the monastic life : reading the self in Evagrius Ponticus' talking back / The student self in late antiquity / Patricia Cox Miller -- Saul M. Olyan -- J. Albert Harrill -- Esther Menn -- Giving for a return : Jewish votive offerings in late antiquity / Michael L. Satlow -- Peter T. Struck -- Steven Weitzman -- Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Georgia Frank -- Guy G. Stroumsa -- Jonathan Schofer -- David Brakke -- Edward Watts.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Self--Religious aspects--History--To 1500--Congresses.
Self--History--Mediterranean Region--To 1500--Congresses.


Electronic books.

BL65.S38 / R45 2005

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