Heidi Wendt

At the Temple Gates

The Religion of Freelance Experts in the Roman Empire

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book Heidi Wendt studies the activities of "freelance" religious experts in first-century Rome, such as oracles and magi, and makes a case for their influence on religious teachings that gave rise to many new religious movements, including Christianity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780190267148
• ISBN-10: 0190267143
• Artikelnr.: 47863299

Autorenporträt

Heidi Wendt is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She has written articles in the Journal of Roman Studies, the Journal of Biblical Literature, and the Journal of Ancient Judaism and teaches courses on Judeans and Christians in the Roman Empire, and the Greco-Roman context of New Testament literature.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* 1. Introduction: Freelance Experts in the Academic Study of Religion
* 2. Chapter One: The Religion of Freelance Experts in the Roman Empire
* 3. Chapter Two: Ethnically Coded Experts and Forms of Religion
* 4. Chapter Three: Rethinking "Magic," "Religion," and "Philosophy"
* 5. Chapter Four: Paul, A Rare Witness to the Religion of Freelance
Experts
* 6. Chapter Five: Christian Rivals within the Framework of Freelance
Expertise
* 7. Conclusion: Freelance Experts in the "Religious Marketplace"
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index