Reconceptualising Conversion: Patronage, Loyalty, and Conversion in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean

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Walter de Gruyter, Aug 9, 2012 - Religion - 325 pages

Die Studie nimmt die bisherige Diskussion der Konversion in der Antike neu auf durch eine Verknüpfung von klassischen, epigraphischen und biblischen Quellen mit einer sozialwissenschaftlichen Methodologie. Der Autor hinterfragt dabei die bisher vorausgesetzte psychologische Kontinuität zwischen antiken und modernen Menschen und bietet statt dessen ein Modell, welches an den Denkvoraussetzungen der Antike selbst gebildet wurde. Die griechisch-römischen und mediterranen Religionen und Philosophien - also auch das hellenistische Judentum und das Christentum - orientierten sich an den Modellen von Patronat und Loyalität. Das Verständnis der antiken Konversion muss also hier ansetzen. In diesem Zusammenhang wird auch die "Bekehrung" des Paulus neu gedeutet.

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Contents

Introduction
1
The Influence of Psychology on Contemporary Society and Scholarship
13
11 The Early Influence of Psychology
15
12 Psychology and the Study of Conversion
22
13 A Critique of the CrossCultural Psychological Model
31
14 Conclusion
49
General Reciprocity Among Humans and their Gods
53
21 A Taxonomy of Reciprocal Exchange
54
36 Conclusion
148
The Rhetoric of Patronage and Benefaction in Pauls Conversion Passages
151
1 1617 15810
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4b11
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44 Paul and the Patronage of Philosophy
186
45 Conclusion
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Patronage and Benefaction Loyalty and Conversion
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Patronage vs Benefaction
59
23 Human Patronage and Benefaction
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24 Divine Patronage and Benefaction
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25 Divine Patronage and Benefaction in Hellenistic Judaism
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26 Conclusion
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The Rhetoric of Patronage and Benefaction
91
31 The Call of the PatronBenefactor
93
32 Persuasion and Philosophical Conversion
100
33 Prayer Praise and Proselytism
108
34 Patronal Synkrisis
117
35 The Χάρις of the PatronBenefactor
132
51 The Nature of Loyalty
201
52 Loyalty and Patronage and Benefaction
215
53 Loyalty Conversion and Paul
243
54 Conclusion
250
Conclusion
251
Bibliography
257
Index of Primary Sources
287
Index of Names and Subjects
303
Index of Modern Authors
307
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Reconceptualising Conversion: Patronage, Loyalty, and Conversion ..., Issue 130
Zeba A. Crook
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About the author (2012)

Expanded Ph.D. dissertation (2003) under the supervision of Prof. John S. Kloppenborg, University of Toronto, Canada. Zeba A. Crook is now an assistant professor in the department of Classics and Religion at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Bibliographic information

TitleReconceptualising Conversion: Patronage, Loyalty, and Conversion in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
Volume 130 of Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
AuthorZeba A. Crook
Editionreprint
PublisherWalter de Gruyter, 2012
ISBN311091560X, 9783110915600
Length325 pages
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