Religion and the Self in Antiquity

Contents

C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I SEEKING RELIGIOUS SELVES 1. Shifting Selves in Late Antiquity patricia cox miller 15 2. The Search for the Elusive Self in Texts of the Hebrew Bible saul m. olyan 40 3. Paul and the Slave Self j. albert harrill 51 4. Prayer of the Queen: Esther’s Religious Self in the Septuagint esther menn 70 5. Giving for a Return: Jewish Votive O√erings in Late Antiquity michael l. satlow 91 6. The Self in Artemidorus’ Interpretation of Dreams peter t. struck 109 Part II SENSING RELIGIOUS SELVES 7. Sensory Reform in Deuteronomy steven weitzman 123 8. Locating the Sensing Body: Perception and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity susan ashbrook harvey 140 9. Dialogue and Deliberation: The Sensory Self in the Hymns of Romanos the Melodist georgia frank 163 Part III TEACHING RELIGIOUS SELVES 10. From Master of Wisdom to Spiritual Master in Late Antiquity guy g. stroumsa 183 11. The Beastly Body in Rabbinic Self-Formation jonathan schofer 197 vi Contents 12. Making Public the Monastic Life: Reading the Self in Evagrius Ponticus’ Talking Back david brakke 222 13. The Student Self in Late Antiquity edward watts 234 Contributors 253 Subject Index 255 Source Index 261 ...