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  title info:
    title: One god
    sub title: pagan monotheism in the Roman Empire
  name:
    name part: Mitchell, Stephen
    name part: 1948-
    role:
      role term: edt
  name:
    name part: Van Nuffelen, Peter
    role:
      role term: edt
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: us
    place:
      place term: New York
    publisher: Cambridge University Press
    date issued: c2010
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 239 p. 23 cm.
  abstract: "Graeco-Roman religion in its classic form was polytheistic; on the other hand, monotheistic ideas enjoyed wide currency in ancient philosophy. This contradiction provides a challenge for our understanding of ancient pagan religion. Certain forms of cult activity, including acclamations of βssone godβss and the worship of Theos Hypsistos, the highest god, have sometimes been interpreted as evidence for pagan monotheism. This book discusses pagan monotheism in its philosophical and intellectual context, traces the evolution of new religious ideas in the time of the Roman empire, and evaluates the usefulness of the term βssmonotheismβss as a way of understanding these developments in later antiquity outside the context of Judaism and Christianity. In doing so, it establishes a new framework for understanding the relationship between polytheistic and monotheistic religious cultures between the first and fourth centuries ad"--Provided by publisher.
  table of contents: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: the debate about pagan monotheism S. Mitchell and P. Van Nuffelen; 2. Pagan monotheism as a religious phenomenon P. Van Nuffelen; 3. Pagan ritual and monotheism J. North; 4. The case for pagan monotheism in Greek and Graeco-Roman antiquity M. Frede; 5. Monotheism between cult and politics. The themes of the ancient debate between pagan and Christian monotheism A. Fu?rst; 6. The price of monotheism. Some new observations on a current debate about late antiquity C. Markschies; 7. Megatheism: the search for the almighty god and the competition of cults A. Chaniotis; 8. Deus deum ... summorum maximus (Apuleius). Ritual expressions of distinction in the divine world in the imperial period N. Belayche; 9. Further thoughts on the cult of Theos Hypsistos S. Mitchell.
  note: edited by Stephen Mitchell, Peter van Nuffelen
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Μονοθεϊσμός
    topic: Ιστορία
  subject:
    topic: Παγανισμός
    topic: Ιστορία
    geographic: Μεσόγειος
  subject:
    geographic: Ρώμη
    topic: Θρησκεία
  classification: 211.34
  identifier: 9780521194167
  location:
    physical location: GR-PaULI ΠΑΤΡΑ ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΙΑ
  record info:
    record content source: GR-PaULI
    record creation date: 130304
    record change date: 20210323105508.0
    record identifier: 10108780