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The apocryphal acts of John
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ISBN: 9039001413 9789039001417 Year: 1995 Volume: 1 Publisher: Kampen Kok Pharos


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Maidens, magic and martyrs in early Christianity
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ISBN: 9783161544507 3161544501 Year: 2017 Volume: 379 1 Publisher: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,

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Why did the early followers of Jesus call themselves "Christians"? What was their social and religious capital? Why did Christianity attract both poor widows and wealthy women? What did pagans think of early Christians? Integrating the major apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in the study of Christianity and the ancient world, Jan N. Bremmer illustrates their prominence of women and their, sometimes surprisng, usage of magic as well as establishing a new chronology and place of composition for these Acts. He also shows that the early Christian tours of hell derive from Jewish and Greek models, although they become increasingly Christianised. The author concludes by decoding the intriguing visions in the 'Passion of Perpetua' by placing them in the contemporary world, thereby compelling us to sympathize with the hopes and fears of young Christian martyrs. It is the close attention to both pagan and Christian traditions that make these papers, which have all been updated and some of them revised, an exciting read for scholars and advanced students alike.


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The strange world of human sacrifice
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Year: 2006 Volume: 1 Publisher: Leuven ; Dudley, MA : Peeters,

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Van zendelingen, zuilen en zapreligie : tweehonderd jaar godsdienst in Nederland en Het Apostolisch Genootschap.
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ISBN: 9059720954 Year: 2005 Publisher: Delft Eburon

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Becoming a man in ancient Greece and Rome : Essays on myths and rituals of initiation
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ISBN: 3161590090 9783161590092 Year: 2021 Publisher: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck

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In this work, Jan N. Bremmer brings together articles on Greek and Roman myths and rituals of male initiation, which have all been updated and, where necessary, revised and translated into English. The preface sketches the rise of the initiatory paradigm within a wider anthropological and Indo-European perspective and discusses the problem of noting ritual elements in mythical reflections. The first of two following sections concentrates on initiatory motifs in a series of famous myths, such as education by shepherds and 'wild men' (Heracles, Centaurs), travesty (Dionysos and Kaineus), the defeat of a monster (Odysseus vs. the Cyclops, Oedipus and the Sphinx) and warring and wandering groups of young men (the Trojan War, Meleager, Orpheus, Theseus and Peirithoos). The second section focuses on historical rituals, beginning with pederasty and the symposium. The author then moves on to the importance of the maternal family and fosterage in the initiatory process before ending with an archaic Latin inscription that reveals the contours of a group of young men in action in the full light of history.

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Profeten, zieners en de macht in Griekenland, Israel en het vroegmoderne Europa.
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ISBN: 9061316529 Year: 1991 Publisher: Utrecht Bijleveld

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'Effigies Dei' in Ancient Greece : Poseidon
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Dionysos travesti
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