Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice

Princeton Readings in Religions vii Conventions ix Contributors xv Introduction - Richard Valantasis 3 Inventing the Individual: Biography 1. The First Sahidic Life of Pachomius - James E. Goehring 19 2. Philostratus of Athens, Life of Apollonius of Tyana - Megan H. Williams 34 3. Porphyry, On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books - Richard Valantasis 50 Refashioning the Person: Asceticism 4. Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer and Anger - Columba Stewart OSB 65 5. Pseudo-Athanasius, Discourse on Salvation to a Virgin - Teresa M. Shaw 82 6. Basil of Caesarea, The "Prooemium" of the Regulaefusius tractatae - Lawrence J. Altepeter 100 7. Sermons of Columbanus - Arthur G. Holder 109 8. Manichaean Asceticism - Jason David BeDuhn 122 Founding Religious Movements: Organizations - 9. Talmudic Texts and Jewish Social Life - Daniel Boyarin 133 10. Julian "the Apostate," Against the Galileans - Elizabeth Geraldine Burr 143 11. A Thriving Native Cult in the Fifth Century and Its Demise under Coptic Monks - David Frankfurter 156 12. The Cologne Mani Codex - Ellen Bradshaw Aitken 161 13. Tales of Holy Fools - Derek Krueger 177 Locating Religion in Society: Community 14. Vision for the City: Nisibis in Ephrem's Hymns on Nicomedia - David Bundy 189 15. Acts of Thomas: Scene One - David G. Hunter 207 16. An Anonymous Letter to a Woman Named Susanna - Maureen A. Tilley 218 17. A Plea to a Local God for a Husband's Attentions - David Frankfurter 230 18. Bishop Avitus of Vienne to His Excellency Ansmundus - Maureen A. Tilley 232 19. Chrysostom's Catecheses: A Hermeneutic of Social Institutions - Arthur B. Shippee 235 20. John Chrysostom, Sermons on City Life - Blake Leyerle 247 Regulating Religious Expression: Law 21. Laws on Religion from the Theodosian and Justinianic Codes - Matthew C. Mirow and Kathleen A. Kelley 263 22. The Acts of the Council of Aquileia (381 C.E.) - Kenneth B. Steinhauser 275 23. Canons of the Council in Trullo (692 C.E.) - James C. Skedros 289 Creating Religious Ceremonial: Ritual 24. The Mithras Liturgy and Sepher Ha-Razim - Kimberly B. Stratton 303 25. Manichaean Ritual - Jason David BeDuhn 316 26. The Seal of the Merkavah - Michael D. Swartz 322 27. Anonymous Spanish Correspondence; or the Letter of the "She-ass" - Virginia Burrus and Tracy Keefer 330 28. Amuletic Invocations of Christ for Health and Fortune - David Frankfurter 340 Singing Divine Praises: Hymnody 29. The Hymns of Ambrose - Carl P. E. Springer 347 30. Hymns to Mary, the Mother of God, the Theotokos - Vasiliki Limberis 357 31. Manichaean Hymnody - Jason David BeDuhn 364 32. An Isis Aretalogy from Kyme in Asia Minor, First Century B.C.E. - Gail Corrington Streete 369 Sacrificing Self to God: Martyrology 33. The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity - Maureen A. Tilley 387 34. The Martyrs of Lyons - Frederick W. Weidmann 398 35. The Martyrdom of Habbib the Deacon - Robert Doran 413 36. 4 Maccabees - Clayton N. Jefford 424 Enlivening Thought: Philosophy and Theology 37. Gregory Nazianzen, Homily on the Nativity of Christ - Nonna Verna Harrison 443 38. Texts on Iconoclasm: John of Damascus and the Council of Hiereia - David Vila 454 39. Asterius of Amasea Ekphrasis on the Holy Martyr Euphernia - Elizabeth A. Castelli 464 40. Christian Oracle Shrines - David Frankfurter 469 41. Popular Religious Practices in Fifth-Century Egypt - David Frankfurter 473 42. The Zenith and Destruction of a Native Egyptian Oracle in 359 C.E. - David Frankfurter 476 43. Manichaean Theology - Jason David BeDuhn 481 44. lamblichus, de Mysteriis, Book 1, The de Mysteriis Peter T. Struck 489 Index 507Valantasis, Richard is the author of 'Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice' with ISBN 9780691057507 and ISBN 0691057508.