Spiritual taxonomies and ritual authority: Platonists, priests, and gnostics in the Third Century C.E

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (2016)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority recounts how philosophers of the late third century C.E. organized the spirit world into hierarchies, positioning themselves as high priests in the process. By establishing themselves as experts on sacred matters, they fortified their authority, prestige, and reputation.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

Call number

B517.M37 2016

ISBN(s)

9780812247893   0812247892

Other Versions

No versions found

View all bargains

Buy this book

Links

PhilArchive

    This entry is not archived by us. If you are the author and have permission from the publisher, we recommend that you archive it. Many publishers automatically grant permission to authors to archive pre-prints. By uploading a copy of your work, you will enable us to better index it, making it easier to find.

    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 103,090

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Religion and philosophy in the third century ce - Marx-wolf spiritual taxonomies and ritual authority. Platonists, priests, and gnostics in the third century C.e. Pp. X + 200. Philadelphia: University of pennsylvania press, 2016. Cased, £36, us$55. Isbn: 978-0-8122-4789-3. [REVIEW]Kevin Corrigan - 2018 - The Classical Review 68 (1):65-67.
Spiritual Authority: A Christian Perspective.Karl Baier - 2010 - Buddhist-Christian Studies 30:107-119.
Jesus and the Spirit: a study of the religious and charismatic experience of Jesus and the first Christians as reflected in the New Testament.James D. G. Dunn - 1975 - London: S.C.M. Press.
The Spirit of Secular Art: A History of the Sacramental Roots of Contemporary Artistic Values.Robert Nelson - 2007 - Monash University Epress.
Are you alone wise?: the search for certainty in the early modern era.Susan Elizabeth Schreiner - 2011 - New York: Oxford university Press.
What is the Nature of Authority in the Church?Meneo A. Afonso - 1996 - Upa.
No Spiritual Investment in the World.Willem Styfhals - 2023 - Cornell University Press.
The Crisis of Authority at the End of the Fourteenth Century.Thomas E. Morrissey - 1983 - Mediaevalia 9:251-267.
Five Models of Spiritual Direction in the Early Church. [REVIEW]Joseph T. Kelley - 2010 - Augustinian Studies 41 (2):458-461.
Philosophy and the end of sacrifice: disengaging ritual in ancient India, Greece and beyond.Peter Jackson & Anna-Pya Sjödin (eds.) - 2016 - Bristol, CT: Equinox.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-12-11

Downloads
6 (#1,720,588)

6 months
1 (#1,582,488)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

Late Antiquity.George Boys-Stones - 2017 - Phronesis 62 (1):91-96.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references