From Jupiter to Christ : On the History of Religion in the Roman Imperial Period : on the history of religion in the Roman imperial period / / Jorg Rupke

• Record Nr.: UNISA996210697803316
• Autore: Rüpke Jörg
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-19-177406-5; 0-19-101504-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Classificazione: 11.17
• Disciplina: 232
• Soggetti: Jupiter Dolichenus (Roman deity); Rome Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""From Jupiter to Christ: On the History of Religion in the Roman Imperial Period""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: The History of Religion in the Mediterranean, and the Problem of Imperial Religion""; ""THE PROBLEM""; ""â€?ROMAN RELIGIONâ€?""; ""THE CONTENT AND MEDIA OF TRANS-REGIONAL COMMUNICATION""; ""CONCEPTIONS OF â€?OURâ€? RELIGION AND RELIGIONS, AND THE RELIGIONS OF â€?OTHERSâ€?""; ""PROBLEMS OF CONCEPTUALIZATION""; ""A POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTAL OUTLINE FOR THE IMPERIAL AGE""; ""NOTES""; ""Part I: Globalization in a Traditional Form""; ""1: â€?Globalizationâ€? as a Model for Individual Religious Creativity in the Roman Imperial Age""""A DEED OF ENDOWMENT""; ""THE ENDOWMENT""; ""BENEFICIARIES AND CELEBRANTS""; ""THE PATRON""; ""NOTES""; ""2: Integration and Transformation of an Immigrant Religion: Observations on the Inscriptions of the Jupiter Dolichenus Cult in Rome""; ""THE PROBLEM""; ""THE LOGIC OF THE INSCRIPTION CCID 373/ZAPPATA 13""; ""PATRONI ET CANDIDATI: ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE DOLICHENUS CONGREGATION ON THE AVENTINE""; ""FROM SACERDOS TO NOTARIUS: CCID 381/ZAPPATA 20""; ""CLOSING REMARKS""; ""NOTES""; ""3: A Judaeo-Christian Variant of Professional Religion in Rome: The ; Shepherd of Hermas""""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE TEXT""; ""THE SITUATION IN RESPECT OF COMMUNICATION""; ""MEDIUMS OF COMMUNICATION""; ""THE STRATEGY OF THE BOOK OF VISIONS""; ""THE IMAGERY""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""NOTES""; ""4: Organizational Patterns in Respect of Religious Specialists in a Range of Roman Cults""; ""APPROACH AND METHODS""; ""A FIRST EXAMPLE""; ""THE MATERIAL EVIDENCE: EGYPTIAN DEITIES""; ""CYBELE""; ""JUPITER DOLICHENUS""; ""JEWISH SYNAGOGUES IN ROME""; ""CHRISTIANITY""; ""INSTANCES FOR COMPARISON""; ""Ordo sacerdotum domus Aug""""Pontifices""; ""Other collegia""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""NOTES""; ""Part II: Media and Vectors of the Spread of Religion in the Roman Empire""; ""5: The Rise of Provincial Religion""; ""CONCEPTUALIZING RELIGIOUS CHANGE IN AN EXPANDING EMPIRE""; ""CULTURAL CONTACTS""; ""EXPANSION OF THE KNOWLEDGE BASE""; ""PROBLEMS POSED BY INTEGRATION""; ""CLOSING REMARKS""; ""NOTES""; ""6: Religion in the lex Ursonensis""; ""ROMAN RELIGION AND IMPERIAL RELIGION""; ""CONTRADICTIONS""; ""LEX COLONIAE IULIAE GENETIVAE: GENERAL REMARKS""; ""THE CONCEPT OF RELIGION""; ""THE FESTIVE CALENDAR""""TOPOGRAPHY""; ""CHOICE OF CULT""; ""PRIESTHOODS""; ""RITUAL""; ""CLOSING REMARKS""; ""NOTES""; ""7: The Export of Calendars and Festivals in the Roman Empire""; ""FASTI IN ROMAN ITALY""; ""CALENDAR SYSTEMS IN ANCIENT ITALY""; ""THE SPREAD OF ROMAN FESTIVALS""; ""WHY WERE USELESS FASTI PRODUCED AND DISPLAYED?""; ""CLOSING REMARKS""; ""NOTES""; ""8: Book Religions as Imperial Religions?: The Local Limits of Supraregional Religious Communication""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BOOKS: MEDIUM OF DISSEMINATION OR INTENSIFICATION?""; ""SACRAL LAW""; ""SMALL TEXTS""; ""LITERATURE FOR THE MASSES""
• Sommario/riassunto: Emerging from a decade of research, 'From Jupiter to Christ' demonstrates that the decisive change within the Roman imperial period was not a growing number of religions or changes in their ranking and success, but a modification of the idea of 'religion' and a change in the social place of religious practices and beliefs.