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Libraries, handbooks, and encyclopaedias collect, arrange, and present books, texts, and/or information. This is reflected not least in the polysemy of the term 'library' (??????????, bibliotheca ) in Roman and…
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Ilinca Tanaseanu-Doebler
Theurgy is commonly taken to denote a complex of rites which are based on the so-called Chaldean Oracles, a collection of oracles in hexameters, which were probably composed during the…
Although religious education is a crucial topic in present-day History of Religions, its study focuses on contemporary phenomena and is still undertheorised. The present volume proposes a comprehensive theoretical framework…
Together with Jerusalem and Rome, Athens stands today as a symbol of European culture. This image goes back a long way, having received a lasting imprint from the developments of…
Ilinca Tanaseanu-Dobler
Diese Arbeit wirft ein neues Licht auf das Phanomen der Konversion zur Philosophie in der Spatantike. Wahrend die bisherige Forschung das Idealbild philosophischer Konversion anhand normativer philosophischer Texte nachzeichnet, untersucht…
Synesios von Kyrene
Comprises the texts of 9 letters written by Synesius, accompanied by an introduction and 6 interpretive essays.
The volume focuses on the various representations of the Beyond in later Antiquity, a period of intense interaction and competition between various religious traditions and ideals of education. The concepts…
