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Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity
01 Jan 1997-
TL;DR: The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnicity and genealogy: an Argolic case-study as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: 1. Phrasing the problem 2. The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study 5. Ethnicity and archaeology 6. Ethnicity and linguistics 7. Conclusion.
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10 Nov 2011
TL;DR: The Holy Spirit in the early Jesus Movement as mentioned in this paper traces the history of research social identity and the 'Other': a Methodological and Historical Overview Expanding the Ethnic Horizon: The Spirit and Allocentric Identity in Luke 1-2 Critiquing Defective Identities: Spirit-empowered figures and in-group bias in Luke 3-4 Initiating a Scandal of universal particularity: The Holy Spirit and Superordinate Identity in Acts 1-1 Consummating a New Identity: The Community Summaries and the identity-forming power of a group Incorpor
Abstract: The Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts: Tracing the History of Research Social Identity and the 'Other': A Methodological and Historical Overview Expanding the Ethnic Horizon: The Spirit and Allocentric Identity in Luke 1-2 Critiquing Defective Identities: Spirit-empowered figures and In-group Bias in Luke 3-4 Initiating a Scandal of Universal Particularity: The Spirit in Acts 1-2 Consummating a New Identity: The Community Summaries and the Identity-forming Power of a Group Incorporating the 'Other': The Spirit and Superordinate Identity in Acts 6 - 9 Transcending Identity: The Spirit and Trans-Ethnic Identity in Acts 10 - 15 Conclusion: Ethnicity in the Early Jesus Movement Bibliography.
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01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: McInerney and Mahoney as mentioned in this paper survey the history of the sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion and its environment, from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1100 B.C.) to the Roman imperial period (c. A.D. 200).
Abstract: THE ROYAL LYKAIAN ALTAR SHALL BEAR WITNESS: HISTORY AND RELIGION IN SOUTHWESTERN ARCADIA Kyle W. Mahoney Jeremy McInerney This dissertation surveys the history of the sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion and its environment, from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1100 B.C.) to the Roman imperial period (ca. A.D. 200). I begin with a review of the myth traditions attached to the landscape, suggesting that these were familiar to Greek speakers all over the Mediterranean from early times. We can see their influence in our earliest poets, Homer and Hesiod, who indirectly acknowledge the birth of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion and other local myths. The remainder of Chapter 1 discusses Mt. Lykaion through a comparative mythological and linguistic lens. In Chapter 2, I argue that during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages Mt. Lykaion was closely connected to the mountainous area defined by the Alpheios, Neda, and Pamisos rivers. This fact is evidenced by shared cults and toponymy, conventions which are documented as early as the Pylian Linear B documents (ca. 1200 B.C.). From here I survey Mt. Lykaion in the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. I argue that Sparta’s incursions into northern Messenia, Arcadia, and Kynouria during the Archaic period pushed Mt. Lykaion into the orbit of the eastern Arcadian cities. The myths and heroic genealogies of the two regions were eventually fused, and by the midfourth century B.C. the traditions of Lykaion came to predominate. Chapter 3 concludes with a discussion of the relationship between the Arcadian League and the sanctuary of Zeus Lykaios. Chapter 4 is a history of the Lykaian Games from ca. 600-200 B.C. All literary and epigraphical sources documenting the festival are reviewed, and I maintain that it was held every four years in April or early May of the fourth Olympiad year. Chapter 5 investigates the relationship between Mt. Lykaion and Rome. I argue that around A.D. 1/2 the Lykaia were supplemented by games in honor of the Roman emperor (the Kaisareia) based upon the mythical pedigree of the Roman festival of the Lupercalia, which was said to have been a reproduction of the Lykaia. Degree Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Graduate Group Ancient History First Advisor Jeremy McInerney This dissertation is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1874
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...Cf. Hall 1997, p. 185 on the Dorians: “It is rather the recognition that the Dorian myth of origins is a gradual and cumulative aggregation of originally independent accounts which told of different ancestors and different homelands.”...
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...…of Aphrodite from Ouranos’ severed genitals (Th. 188-206), but when listing divinities at the outset of the poem, we see the following arrangement (Th. 16-17): 11 Hall 1997....
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01 Jun 2017
TL;DR: The authors argue that one of the ways Luke redefines the idea of the world is by exploring the meaning of oikoumene, "the inhabited world" and that these meanings reflected the various political, cultural, and religious conceptions of the oikmene in his writings.
Abstract: The present study argues that one of the ways Luke redefines the idea of the world
is by exploring the meaning of oikoumene, “the inhabited world” This Greek term was a
representative concept to signify the Mediterranean World Subsequently the term
oikoumene was embraced by other cultures which needed a concept to portray the world,
such as that of the Romans and the Jews Each culture adopted the term but distinctively
adapted it within its own context As a result, the term included various meanings—political,
cultural, and religious—by the first century CE These contextual interpretations reflect the
fact that each culture established its own subjective worldview, namely a self-centred way
of thinking Subsequently, within the context of various worldviews, it was necessary for
the biblical authors to clarify how audiences would perceive the oikoumene they inhabited
Luke employs the term oikoumene eight times in his two-volume book His usages of the
term reflect the various political, cultural, and religious conceptions of the oikoumene in his
time For Luke, the oikoumene is the world ruled by Roman hegemony in terms of politics
and the pagan cult in terms of religion, but the oikoumene should be restored by Jesus and
then his followers within their eschatological hope It is remarkable that these views
converge within the Acts narrative, thereby drawing an image of the inhabited world Luke
superimposes two contrasting worlds in Acts Firstly, Luke exploits the prominent discourse
of the Greeks about the inhabited world but within this he resorts to the Jewish reliance on
an ancestral theme to describe the inhabited world, thereby providing a schematic picture of
that inhabited world created by God in terms of geographic features and ethnic origin
Furthermore, Luke attempts to depict the world before his eyes which is, absolutely, the
Roman oikoumene Luke implies that the world portrayed in Acts 2 is established according
to the Roman oikoumene, thereby creating a newly constructed oikoumene Acts is a
narrative in which the Roman oikoumene is retrieved into the world that Luke envisages in
Acts 2 For Luke, the ideal oikoumene is the newly-restored world founded upon the Roman
world
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01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography as discussed by the authors is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on a selection of topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought.
Abstract: Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography edited by S. Bianchetti, M. R. Cataudella, H. J. Gehrke is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on a selection of topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought. In this work, scholars, all of whom are specialists in a variety of fields, examine the interaction of humans with their environment and try to reconstruct the representations of the inhabited world in the works of ancient historians, scientists, and cartographers. Topics include: Eudoxus, Dicaearchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Agatharchides, Agrippa, Strabo, Pliny and Solinus, Ptolemy, and the Peutinger Map. Other issues are also discussed such as onomastics, the boundaries of states, Pythagorism, sacred itineraries, measurement systems, and the Holy Land.
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TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood.
Abstract: Outline of a Theory of Practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood. With his central concept of the habitus, the principle which negotiates between objective structures and practices, Bourdieu is able to transcend the dichotomies which have shaped theoretical thinking about the social world. The author draws on his fieldwork in Kabylia (Algeria) to illustrate his theoretical propositions. With detailed study of matrimonial strategies and the role of rite and myth, he analyses the dialectical process of the 'incorporation of structures' and the objectification of habitus, whereby social formations tend to reproduce themselves. A rigorous consistent materialist approach lays the foundations for a theory of symbolic capital and, through analysis of the different modes of domination, a theory of symbolic power.
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01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: Sian Jones as mentioned in this paper argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation, and presents a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences.
Abstract: The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains. Sian Jones responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological record, with a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences. In doing so, she argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation.
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