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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... gods was understood in the same framework as human interaction , and an even less common claim that the God of the Hellenistic Jews was framed in the same manner . We might call this divine patronage and benefaction , since it involved ...
... gods was understood in the same framework as human interaction , and an even less common claim that the God of the Hellenistic Jews was framed in the same manner . We might call this divine patronage and benefaction , since it involved ...
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... gods and philosophers . The second convention is quite different from the first ; it has to do with the philosopher's teaching and rhetorical delivery as a benefaction in and of itself . It was quite common for disciples and sympathetic ...
... gods and philosophers . The second convention is quite different from the first ; it has to do with the philosopher's teaching and rhetorical delivery as a benefaction in and of itself . It was quite common for disciples and sympathetic ...
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... gods . Where I lapse back into familiar terminology , it is due to the smoother idiom offered by the familiar , and should not be taken as an indicator of shared features . And indeed it is not simply a matter of using appropriate ...
... gods . Where I lapse back into familiar terminology , it is due to the smoother idiom offered by the familiar , and should not be taken as an indicator of shared features . And indeed it is not simply a matter of using appropriate ...
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... gods - differently . While we are certainly enriched by noting similarities between different cultures and people , we can be equally enriched by understanding , accepting , and honouring the differences without trying to homogenise ...
... gods - differently . While we are certainly enriched by noting similarities between different cultures and people , we can be equally enriched by understanding , accepting , and honouring the differences without trying to homogenise ...
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... God for his wife's death , and thus had to repress it and eventually redirect it : " If his pain and anger could not be directed against God , it had to find another target . " 23 Christians , he contends , were that target . Of note in ...
... God for his wife's death , and thus had to repress it and eventually redirect it : " If his pain and anger could not be directed against God , it had to find another target . " 23 Christians , he contends , were that target . Of note in ...
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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