| Description |
vi, 268 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Shifting selves in late antiquity / Patricia Cox Miller -- The search for the elusive self in texts of the Hebrew Bible / Saul M. Olyan -- The slave self / J. Albert Harrill -- Prayer of the queen : Esther's religious self in the Septuagint / Esther Menn -- Giving for a return : Jewish votive offerings in late antiquity / Michael L. Satlow -- The self in Artemidorus' interpretation of dreams / Peter T. Struck -- Sensory reform in Deuteronomy / Steven Weitzman -- Locating the sensing body : perception and religious identity in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Dialogue and deliberation : the sensory self in the hymns of Romanos the Melodist / Georgia Frank -- From master of wisdom to spiritual master in late antiquity / Guy G. Stroumsa -- The beastly body in rabbinic self-formation / Jonathan Schofer -- Making public the monastic life : reading the self in Evagrius Ponticus' talking back / David Brakke -- The student self in late antiquity / Edward Watts. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Self -- Religious aspects -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Self -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Brakke, David.
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Satlow, Michael L.
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Weitzman, Steven, 1965-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0253217962 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0253346495 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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