Public and Private in Ancient Mediterranean Law and Religion

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Public and Private in Ancient Mediterranean Law and Religion

Edited by: Clifford Ando and Jörg Rüpke

Volume 65 in the series Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110367034

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The public/private distinction is fundamental to modern theories of the family, religion and religious freedom, and state power, yet it has had different salience, and been understood differently, from place to place and time to time. The volume brings together essays from an international array of experts in law and religion, in order to examine the public/private distinction in comparative perspective. The essays focus on the cultures and religions of the ancient Mediterranean, in the formative periods of Greece and Rome and the religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Particular attention is given to the private exercise of religion, the relation between public norms and private life, and the division between public and private space and the place of religion therein.

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Clifford Ando, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Jörg Rüpke, University of Erfurt, Germany.

Reviews

"[...] ein[es] sehr gelungenes[n] komparatives[n] Gemeinschaftswerk[es] [...]"
Wolfgang Spickermann in: Historische Zeitschrift, Band 304 (2017), 465-466

"In sum, the book consists of a fine collection of essays from which I have learned a great deal."
Anders Klostergaard Petersen in: BMCR 2015.12.12

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Family, the Community and Murder: The Role of Pollution in Athenian Homicide Law Edward M. Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Public and Private in Classical Athenian Legal Enforcement Adriaan Lanni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. φανερὰν ποιήσει τὴν αὑτοῦ διάνοιαν τοῖς θεοῖς: Some Ancient Greek Theories of (Divine and Mortal) Mind Esther Eidinow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Ista tua pulchra libertas: The Construction of a Private Cult of Liberty on the Palatine Elisabeth Begemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5. “M. Tullius … aedem Fortunae August (ae) solo et peq(unia) sua” William Van Andringa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
6. Making the Private Public: Illegitimacy and Incest in Roman Law Judith Evans Grubbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7. Public and Private in Emergent Christian Discourse Harry O. Maier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8. Staging “private” religion in Roman “public” Palmyra. The role of the religious dining tickets (banqueting tesserae) Rubina Raja Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
9. Can “Law” Be Private? The Mixed Message of Rabbinic Oral Law Natalie B. Dohrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
10. Between Public and Private: The Significance of the Neutral Domain (Carmelit) in Late Antique Rabbinic Literature Catherine Hezser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
11. Shame, Sin, and Virtue: Islamic Notions of Privacy Ahmed El Shamsy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Historians of law; historians of religion; historians of the family
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- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 255
Keywords: Ancient Judaism; Ancient Christianity; Islam; public; private

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Published: March 10, 2015
ISBN: 9783110367034

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Published: February 26, 2015
ISBN: 9783110371024

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