Reconceptualising Conversion: Patronage, Loyalty, and Conversion in the Religions of the Ancient MediterraneanDie 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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... client exchange ( and mostly clients ) expressed themselves , and thus it requires a full and fresh familiarity with the model of patronage and benefaction . In other words , it is on the rhetoric of patronage , as opposed to the ...
... client exchange ( and mostly clients ) expressed themselves , and thus it requires a full and fresh familiarity with the model of patronage and benefaction . In other words , it is on the rhetoric of patronage , as opposed to the ...
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... client . If interaction with philosophy and with the gods is framed in similar terms , then an understanding of ancient conversion needs to account for this relationship . The third convention of the rhetoric of patronage includes three ...
... client . If interaction with philosophy and with the gods is framed in similar terms , then an understanding of ancient conversion needs to account for this relationship . The third convention of the rhetoric of patronage includes three ...
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... client / worshipper . Prayer , praise , and proselytism were three interrelated ways in which a client could express his or her all- important client reciprocity . The fourth convention of the rhetoric of patronage and benefaction I ...
... client / worshipper . Prayer , praise , and proselytism were three interrelated ways in which a client could express his or her all- important client reciprocity . The fourth convention of the rhetoric of patronage and benefaction I ...
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... client towards the patron , whether human or divine . Recalling that the sole duty of the client was to increase the honour of the patron ( in exchange for benefactions received or the promise of benefactions ) , the rhetoric of ...
... client towards the patron , whether human or divine . Recalling that the sole duty of the client was to increase the honour of the patron ( in exchange for benefactions received or the promise of benefactions ) , the rhetoric of ...
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... client bond . There is ample evidence that the bond that united some clients to their patrons went considerably beyond what can be accounted for by a sort of rational choice theory . Loyalty helps us to bridge that gap ; it adds ...
... client bond . There is ample evidence that the bond that united some clients to their patrons went considerably beyond what can be accounted for by a sort of rational choice theory . Loyalty helps us to bridge that gap ; it adds ...
Contents
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36 Conclusion | 148 |
The Rhetoric of Patronage and Benefaction in Pauls Conversion Passages | 151 |
1 1617 15810 | 155 |
1117 | 170 |
4b11 | 179 |
44 Paul and the Patronage of Philosophy | 186 |
45 Conclusion | 192 |
Patronage and Benefaction Loyalty and Conversion | 199 |
Patronage vs Benefaction | 59 |
23 Human Patronage and Benefaction | 67 |
24 Divine Patronage and Benefaction | 76 |
25 Divine Patronage and Benefaction in Hellenistic Judaism | 79 |
26 Conclusion | 88 |
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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