Religious Competition in the Greco-Roman World.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Conflict, Cooperation, and Competition in Antiquity -- Part 1: Competition and Material Culture -- Introduction: Competition and Material Culture through Real and Imagined Spaces -- The Perils of Idolatrous Garb -- The Philosopher Type in Late Roman Art -- Suns, Snakes, and Altars -- "Built from the Plunder of Christians" -- Part 2: Competition and Neoplatonism -- Introduction: Defining Competition in Neoplatonism -- Origen's Allegoresis of Plato's and Scripture "Myths -- The Neoplatonic Transmission of Ancient Wisdom -- Julian's Philosophy and His Religious Program -- Part 3: Religious Experts and Popular Religion -- Introduction: Competition Between Experts and Nonexperts -- Why Expert versus Nonexpert Is Not Elite versus Popular Religion -- Great Is the Mystery of Piety -- Nuptial Imagery, Christian Devotion, and the Marriage Debate in Late Roman Society -- Competing for the Competitors -- Part 4: Competition and Relics -- Introduction: The Competition for Relics in Late Antiquity -- Relics? What Relics? -- A Hair's Breadth -- Promoting a Cult Site without Bodily Relics -- From Asclepius to Simeon -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Ancient Sources Index -- Modern Authors Index -- Subject Index.

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