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Conceptualising Divine Unions in the Greek and Near Eastern Worlds
Series: - Ancient Philosophy & Religion, Volume: 7
Volume Editor:
Eleni Pachoumi, Ph.D. 2007; affiliated with the Open University in Greece; academic visiting fellow at the University of Oxford; recent publications include The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri (Mohr Siebeck, 2017), and Praying and Contemplating in Late Antiquity. Religious and Philosophical Interactions (co-edited with Mark Edwards, Mohr Siebeck, 2018); a critical edition with translation and commentary of Proclus' On the Hieratic Art is forthcoming.
Contents
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction
Eleni Pachoumi
1 The Mesopotamian King between Gods and Men in the First MillenniumBCE
Philippe Clancier
2 The Intersection of Gods and Kings in Achaemenid Iran
Christopher J. Tuplin
3 Confronting and Uniting with Divinity in Ancient Egypt
Robert K. Ritner
4 Constantine: God-Man or Man of God?
Mark J. Edwards
5 Human-Divine Interactions in Homer, Hittite and Other Near Eastern Literary Traditions
Elias K. Petropoulos
6 Θεῶν φίλτρα: Sexual Union between Gods and Mortals
Robert Parker
7 Genos Olbion, Genos Ouranion: Divine Ancestry in the Orphic Gold Tablets
Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui
8 Union with the Divine in Greece and India: Mysteries and Monetisation
Richard Seaford
9 Philosophy and the Daimonic in Plato
Robert Vinkesteijn
10 Confusion (Ekplêxis) and Sympathy (Sympatheia): The Neoplatonist Proclus on the Aesthetics of Epiphany and Theurgic Union
Robbert M. van den Berg
11 Proclus’ Theurgic Union, θεουργικὴ ἕνωσις, and the Concept of Fire
Eleni Pachoumi
12 Determinism and Divine Intervention: Divine Punishment in Stoic Theology
Maarten van Houte
13 Divine Unions in Byzantine Christianity: The Penetration of Fire into Iron as a Metaphor of Theosis
Dmitry Biriukov
Index
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction
Eleni Pachoumi
Part 1: Religion, Kingship and Politics
1 The Mesopotamian King between Gods and Men in the First Millennium
Philippe Clancier
2 The Intersection of Gods and Kings in Achaemenid Iran
Christopher J. Tuplin
3 Confronting and Uniting with Divinity in Ancient Egypt
Robert K. Ritner
4 Constantine: God-Man or Man of God?
Mark J. Edwards
Part 2: Religion, Sex and Mythology
5 Human-Divine Interactions in Homer, Hittite and Other Near Eastern Literary Traditions
Elias K. Petropoulos
6 Θεῶν φίλτρα: Sexual Union between Gods and Mortals
Robert Parker
Part 3: Religion, Philosophy and Ritual
7 Genos Olbion, Genos Ouranion: Divine Ancestry in the Orphic Gold Tablets
Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui
8 Union with the Divine in Greece and India: Mysteries and Monetisation
Richard Seaford
9 Philosophy and the Daimonic in Plato
Robert Vinkesteijn
10 Confusion (Ekplêxis) and Sympathy (Sympatheia): The Neoplatonist Proclus on the Aesthetics of Epiphany and Theurgic Union
Robbert M. van den Berg
11 Proclus’ Theurgic Union, θεουργικὴ ἕνωσις, and the Concept of Fire
Eleni Pachoumi
12 Determinism and Divine Intervention: Divine Punishment in Stoic Theology
Maarten van Houte
13 Divine Unions in Byzantine Christianity: The Penetration of Fire into Iron as a Metaphor of Theosis
Dmitry Biriukov
Index
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