Human Transgression – Divine Retribution: A Study of Religious Transgressions and Punishments in Greek Cultic Regulation and Lydian-Phrygian Propitiatory Inscriptions (‘Confession Inscriptions’)
By (author) Aslak Rostad
Paperback (Published)
(October 2020)
ISBN: 9781789695250
6.85 x 9.65 inches
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This book analyses pagan concepts of religious transgressions as expressed in Greek cultic regulations from the 5th century BC-3rd century AD. Also considered are so-called propitiatory inscriptions from the 1st-3rd century AD Lydia and Phrygia, in light of ‘cultic morality’, intended to make places, occasions, and worshippers suitab
Human Transgression – Divine Retribution analyses pagan concepts of religious transgressions, how they should be regarded and punished, as expressed in Greek cultic regulations from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD. Also considered are the so-called propitiatory inscriptions (often referred to as ‘confession inscriptions’) from the 1st to the 3rd century AD Lydia and Phrygia, in light of ‘cultic morality’, an ideal code of behaviour intended to make places, occasions, and worshippers suitable for ritual. This code is on the one hand associated with ‘purity’ (hagneia) and removal of pollution (miasma) caused by deaths, births and sexuality, and on the other with the protection of sacred property. This study seeks to explain the emphasis of divine punishments in the Lydian and Phrygian inscriptions, while rare in most Greek cultic regulations, as part of a continuum within pagan religion rather than as a result of an absolute division between Greek and Oriental religion.
Foreword Part 1. Introduction and Aims of the Study Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Aims of the study Part 2. The Propitiatory Inscriptions Chapter 3. The Propitiatory Inscriptions and their Religious Context Chapter 4. Earlier Research on the Propitiatory Inscriptions Part 3. Religious Transgressions and Punishments Chapter 5. Greek Cultic Morality Chapter 6. Prohibitions and Punishments in Greek Cultic Regulations Chapter 7. Transgressions in the Propitiatory Inscriptions Part 4. Conclusions Chapter 8. Conclusions Part 5. Appendices, Bibliography and Index Of Citation Appendix A: Cultic Regulations Appendix B: Propitiatory Inscriptions Bibliography Index of Citations, Foreword ;
Part 1. Introduction and Aims of the Study Part 2. The Propitiatory Inscriptions Part 3. Religious Transgressions and Punishments Part 4. Conclusions Appendix A: Cultic Regulations ;
Appendix B: Propitiatory Inscriptions ;
Bibliography ;
Index of Citations
- By (author) Aslak Rostad
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