Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Despotis, Athanasios, 1979-, editor. | Löhr, Hermut, 1963-, editor.
Title: Religious and philosophical conversion in the ancient Mediterranean traditions / edited by Athanasios Despotis, Hermut Löhr.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Ancient philosophy and religion, 2542-3576 ; volume 5 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The interest in interdisciplinary research on the experience of religious conversion or spiritual transformation grows progressively. In light of this burgeoning area of study, this volume explores conversion or converting experience in the ancient Mediterranean with attention to early Judaism, early Christianity, and philosophy in the Roman empire. The contributions include both historical and philological reconstructions relying on source material and utilizing interdisciplinary approaches. Similarly, the authors analyze the literary use of the motif of conversion, the topic of philosophical conversion as well as ritual, social and embodied aspects of spiritual transformation”– Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021051177 (print) | LCCN 2021051178 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004501768 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004501775 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Conversion. | Philosophy, Ancient. | Civilization, Ancient. | Mediterranean Region–Religious life and customs. | Mediterranean Region–History–To 476.
Classification: LCC BL639 .R445 2022 (print) | LCC BL639 (ebook) | DDC 296.7/14–dc23/eng/20220103
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021051177
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021051178
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN 2542-3576
ISBN 978-90-04-50176-8 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-50177-5 (e-book)
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