3. Porphyry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PRINCETON READINGS IN RELIGIONS vii
3. CONVENTIONS ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. CONTRIBUTORS xv
6. INTRODUCTION 3
7. Inventing the Individual: Biography
8. 1. The First Sahidic 19
9. 2. Philostratus of Athens 34
10. 3. Porphyry 50
11. Refashioning the Person: Asceticism
12. 4. Evagrius Ponticus on Prayer and Anger 65
13. 5. Pseudo-Athanasius 82
14. 6. Basil of Caesarea 100
15. 7. Sermons of Columbanus 109
16. 8. Manichaean Asceticism 122
17. Founding Religious Movements: Organizations
18. 9. Talmudic Texts and Jewish Social Life 133
19. 10. Julian "the Apostate" 143
20. 11. A Thriving Native Cult in the Fifth Century and Its Demise under Coptic Monks 156
21. 12. The Cologne Mani Codex 161
22. 13. Tales of Holy Fools 177
23. 14. Vision for the City 189
24. 15. Acts of Thomas: Scene One 207
25. 16. An Anonymous Letter to a Woman Named Susanna 218
26. 17. A Plea to a Local God for a Husband's Attentions 230
27. 18. Bishop Avitus of Vie nne to His Excellency Ansmundus 232
28. 19. Chrysostom's Catecheses: A Hermeneutic of Social Institutions 235
29. 20. John Chrysostom Sermons on City Life 247
30. Regulating Religious Expression: Law
31. 21. Laws on Religion from the Theodosian and ]ustinianic Codes 263
32. 22. The Acts of the Council of Aquileia (381 C.E.) 275
33. 23. Canons of the Council in Trullo (692 C.E.) 289
34. Creating Religious Ceremonial: Ritual
35. 24. The Mithras Liturgy and Sepher Ha-Razim 303
36. 25. Manichaean Ritual 316
37. 26. The Seal of the Merkavah 322
38. 27. Anonymous Spanish Correspondence; or the Letter of the "She-ass" 330
39. 28. Amuletic Invocations of Christ for Health and Fortune 340
40. Singing Divine Praises: Hymnody
41. 29. The Hymns of Ambrose 347
42. 30. Hymns to Mary, the Mother of God, the Theotokos 357
43. 31. Manichaean Hymnody 364
44. 32. An Isis Aretalogy from Kyme in Asia Minor, First Century B.C.E. 369
45. Sacrificing Self to God: Martyrology
46. 33. The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity 387
47. 34. The Martyrs of Lyons 398
48. 35. The Martyrdom of Habbib the Deacon 413
49. 36. 4 Maccabees 424
50. Enlivening Thought: Philosophy and Theology
51. 37. Gregory Nazianzen Homily on the Nativity of Christ 443
52. 38. Texts on Iconoclasm: John of Damascus and the Council of Hiereia 454
53. 39. Asterius of Amasea 464
54. 40. Christian Oracle Shrines 469
55. 41. Popular Religious Practices in Fifth-Century Egypt 473
56. 42. The Zenith and Destruction of a Native Egyptian Oracle in 359 C.E. 476
57. 43. Manichaean Theology 481
58. 44. Iamblichus, de Mysteriis, Book I The de Mysteriis 489
59. INDEX 507