Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity

Name: Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity
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ISBN: 9780198152521

ISBN-10: 0198152523

ISBN-13: 9780198152521

Edition: 1999

Authors: Polymnia Athanassiadi, Michael Frede

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In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity. Paganism was not a unified tradition and consequently the papers cover a wide social and intellectual spectrum. Particular emphasis is given to several aspects of the topic: first, monotheistic belief in late antique philosophical ideals and its roots in classical antiquity and the Near East; second, monistic Gnosticism; third, the revelatory tradition as expressed in oracular literature; and finally, the monotheistic trend in popular religion.

Book details

List price: $140.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/21/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction


Towards Monotheism


Monotheism and Pagan Philosophy


Monotheism in the Gnostic Tradition


The Cult of Theos Hypsistos


The Chaldean Oracles


The Speech of Praetextatus