Jerusalem and Athens
Cultural Transformation in Late Antiquity
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2010
352 pages
978-3-16-151554-5 (ISBN)
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Die vorliegende Aufsatzsammlung behandelt die Wechselwirkung zwischen der klassischen und der biblischen Tradition, die kulturelle Transformation der Spätantike und das umstrittene Erbe Athens und Jerusalems im modernen Westen. Das Christentum entsteht vor allem aus einer Ideenbewegung, die zuerst einen Gegensatz zur kulturellen Praxis der zeitgenössischen Religion beinhaltete. Die neue Botschaft mit ihrer fordernden Moral legte die Grundsteine für unseren radikal anderen Sinn der 'Religion' als das Streben nach dem idealen Leben. Judges Methode beginnt mit Textdetails und besonderem Augenmerk auf die Dokumente aus der Zeit von Stein und Papyrus. Die Sammlung spiegelt einen holistischen Ansatz der Geschichte wider und macht die Bedeutung der Spätantike als eine wichtige Epoche in der kulturellen Entstehung der modernen Welt deutlich.
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- Cover
- Dedication
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. Classical Antiquity and Christianity
- 1. The Beginning of Religious History
- I. The "Civil Religion" of Rousseau
- II. The "Civil Theology" of Varro
- III. The "Superstition" of the Christians
- 2. Group Religions in the Roman Empire
- I. Imperial and Provincial Religion
- II. The Definition of 'Religion'
- III. Christianity and Roman Religion
- IV. The Contribution of Hubert Cancik
- V. New Testament Churches and Classical Cults
- 3. Synagogue and Church in the Roman Empire: The Insoluble Problem of Toleration
- I. Why Did Rome Limit Private Associations?
- 1. Gaius, Ad legem duodecim tabularum 4 (Digesta 47.22.4) (mid-II AD)
- 2. Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus 19-22 (186 BC)
- 3. Augustus, Res Gestae 9, 18-20 (AD 14)
- 4. Gaius, Ad edictum provinciale 3 (Digesta 3.4.1) (mid-II AD)
- 5. Gaius, Institutiones 1.1 (mid-II AD)
- II. Why Were the Synagogues Tolerated?
- 6. Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia 1.3.3 (summary, on 139 BC)
- 7. Acts of the Apostles 16:20-21 (AD 50?)
- 8. Acts of the Apostles 18:13-15 (AD 51?)
- 9. Reverse legend of a sestertius of Nerva (AD 96)
- 10. Tertullian, Apologeticum 18.9 (c. AD 197)
- 11. Modestinus, Excusationes 6, ap. Dig. 27.1.15.6 (AD 222-235)
- 12. Acta martyrum, Pionius 13 (AD 251?)
- III. Why Were the Churches not Tolerated?
- 13. Origen, Contra Celsum 1.1 (prior to AD 250)
- 15. Acta proconsularia Sancti Cypriani, Musurillo 1.1
- 16. Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica 7.13.1 (AD 260)
- 17. Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica 7.30.19 (AD 272)
- 18. Mosaicarum et Romanarum legum collatio 15.3.2-3, Riccobono, FIRA, 1940, 580
- 19. Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum 34.2, 5 (Galerius, AD 311)
- IV. Insoluble Toleration
- 4. The Impact of Paul's Gospel on Ancient Society
- I. The "Inner Man" and the "One New Man" in Modern Society
- II. Paul in Later Antiquity
- III. The "Inner Man" and the Monachoi
- IV. The "One New Man" and the Martyres
- 5. 'Antike und Christentum': Some Recent Work from Cologne
- I. Popular Ethics
- II. Literary Falsification
- III. The New Mani Codex
- 6. 'Antike und Christentum': Towards a Definition of the Field
- I. The Work of Franz Joseph Dölger
- II. The Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum
- III. The Viewpoint of the Present Survey
- IV. Some General Treatments of 'Antike und Christentum'
- Afterword (2010) with Overview of sections V-VIII
- V. The Ancient Authors and their Work
- 1. The Period of the Julio-Claudians and Flavians (pp. 20-22)
- 2. The Period of the Antonines and the Severi (pp. 22-27)
- 3. The Years of Crisis (235-312) (pp. 27-28)
- 4. The Age of Constantine (pp. 28-30)
- 5. The Age of Theodosius (pp. 30-35)
- 6. The Collapse of Roman Power in the West (410-476) (pp. 35-39)
- 7. The Twilight of Classical and Patristic Culture (pp. 39-41)
- VI. The Apparatus of Literary Culture
- 1. Education and its Methods (pp. 41-42)
- 2. Books and Language (pp. 42-43).
- 3. Genre, Form, Figure, and Topos (pp. 43-45)
- 4. Citation and Exegesis of the Classics and the Bible (pp. 45-47)
- VII. The Intellectual Tradition and Ethical Ideas
- 1. The Metaphysical Conditions of Human Action (pp. 47-49)
- 2. The Physical World and Man's Reaction (pp. 49-50)
- 3. Human Society and Ethical Behaviour (pp. 50-51)
- VIII. Institutions of the Social Order
- 1. Marital Society and its Rejection (pp. 51-53)
- 2. Labour and Property, Wealth and Poverty (pp. 53-54)
- 3. Community and Conflict in Church and Society (pp. 54-55)
- 4. The Social Position of the Church at Different Times and Places (pp. 55-58)
- 7. Athens and Jerusalem
- I. "The Songs of Zion . in a Strange Land" (Psalm 137:3-4)
- II. "Not Many Mighty . Are Called" (1 Corinthians 1:26)
- III. "Philosophy and Vain Deceit" (Colossians 2:8)
- Bibliographical details
- II. Documents of Late Antiquity
- 8. Jews, Proselytes and God-fearers Club Together
- 9. A State Schoolteacher Makes a Salary Bid
- 10. The Ecumenical Synod of Dionysiac Artists
- 11. The Puzzle of Christian Presence in Egypt Before Constantine
- 12. The Earliest Use of monachos for 'Monk' (P.Coll.Youtie 77) and the Origins of Monasticism
- 13. Fourth-Century Monasticism in the Papyri
- 14. The Quest for Mercy in Late Antiquity
- 1. Mercy Caught between Church and State
- 2. The Appeal for Mercy in the Papyri
- 15. The Magical Use of Scripture in the Papyri
- III. From Ancient to Modern
- 16. The Conversion of Rome: Ancient Sources of Modern Social Tensions
- 1. How Was Rome Converted?
- 2. The Problem for Intellectual Observers
- 3. Why the Problem has not Gone Away
- 17. Christian Innovation and its Contemporary Observers
- I. What the Historians Could not See
- (a) Ammianus
- (b) Eusebius
- II. How the Philosophers Saw It
- (a) Porphyry
- (b) Celsus
- (c) Julian
- III. How the Policy-Makers Tried to Stop It
- (a) Maximinus
- (b) Licinius
- IV. Who Saw Best What was Going On?
- 18. The Interaction of Biblical and Classical Education in the Fourth Century
- 19. Conversion in the Ancient World
- Bibliography
- 20. The Absence of Religion, Even in Ammianus?
- 21. Biblical Sources of Historical Method
- A. Identifying causes - nature or law?
- B. Testing for truth - models or documents?
- C. Reacting to others - objectivity or commitment?
- 22. Ancient Beginnings of the Modern World
- 1. Ethical Instruction in Egypt
- 2. The Delphic Canon
- 3. Augustine's Advice to Alypius
- Appendix
- Occasional Papers of E. A. Judge
- Index 1: Documents Recovered Direct from Antiquity
- Index 2: Authors and Works from the Literary Tradition
- Index 3: Selected Topics and Terms
