The Faces of the Other: Religious Rivalry and Ethnic Encounters in the Later Roman World (Cursor Mundi) (Latin Edition)

The foundations of European civilization as we know it today were laid in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. 'The Faces of the Other: Religious Rivalry and Ethnic Encounters in the Later Roman World' traces the roots of the attitudes and argumentation about religious or ethnic otherness in modern western culture. It aims at deepening the historical understanding of attitudes towards otherness as well as cultural and religious conflicts in world history. 'The Faces of the Other' discusses the conceptions, depictions, and attitudes towards the other in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The book focuses on the perception of otherness, whether other peoples or religions, in the Later Roman Empire as understood broadly, from the first until the fifth century CE. These others are ethnic others such as the Persians, Huns, and the Germanic peoples were to Romans, or religious others such as Jews were to Christians or Christians to Jews, Christians to pagans or pagans to Christians, or different cults to the 'mainstream' Romans, or different Christian sects to each other. The Foundations Of European Civilization As We Know It Today Were Laid In Late Antiquity And The Early Middle Ages. The Faces Of The Other: Religious Rivalry And Ethnic Encounters In The Later Roman World Traces The Roots Of The Attitudes And Argumentation About Religious Or Ethnic Otherness In Modern Western Culture. It Aims At Deepening The Historical Understanding Of Attitudes Towards Otherness As Well As Cultural And Religious Conflicts In World History. The Faces Of The Other Discusses The Conceptions, Depictions, And Attitudes Towards The Other In Graeco-roman Antiquity. The Book Focuses On The Perception Of Otherness, Whether Other Peoples Or Religions, In The Later Roman Empire As Understood Broadly, From The First Until The Fifth Century Ce. Othering In Paul : A Case Study Of Ii Corinthians / Anders Klostergaard Petersen -- Devotion And Deviance : The Cult Of Cybele And The Others Within / Marika Rauhala -- That Ill-formed Little Fox : Valentinians As The Enemy In Irenaeus's Against Heresies / Päivi Vähäkangas -- Images Of The Others In Tertullian / Anders-christian Jacobsen -- From Superstitio To Religio Christiana : Christians As Others From The Third To The Fifth Century / Markus Mertaniemi -- The Shadow Of The Shadow : Examining Fourth- And Fifth-century Christian Depictions Of Pagans / Maijastina Kahlos -- Migrating Motifs Of Northern Barbarism : Depicting Gauls And Germans In Imperial Literature / Antti Lampinen -- Ammianus On Foreigners / Benjamin Isaac -- Who Is A Good Roman? Setting And Resetting Boundaries For Romans, Christians, Pagans, And Barbarians In The Late Roman Empire / Maijastina Kahlos. Edited By Maijastina Kahlos. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [275]-294) And Indexes. Acknowledgements vii Abbreviations viii Introduction / MAIJASTINA KAHLOS 1 Part I: Other Religions Othering in Paul: A Case Study of II Corinthians / ANDERS KLOSTERGAARD PETERSEN 19 Devotion and Deviance: The Cult of Cybele and the Others Within / MARIKA RAUHALA 51 'That Ill-formed Little Fox': Valentinians as the Enemy in Irenaeus's 'Against Heresies' / PÄIVI VÄHÄKANGAS 83 Images of the Others in Tertullian / ANDERS-CHRISTIAN JACOBSEN 105 From 'Superstitio' to 'Religio Christiana': Christians as Others from the Third to the Fifth Century / MARKUS MERTANIEMI 135 The Shadow of the Shadow: Examining Fourth- and Fifth-Century Christian Depictions of Pagans / MAIJASTINA KAHLOS 165 Part II: Other Peoples Migrating Motifs of Northern Barbarism: Depicting Gauls and Germans in Imperial Literature / ANTTI LAMPINEN 199 Ammianus on Foreigners / BENJAMIN ISAAC 237 Who Is a Good Roman? Setting and Resetting Boundaries for Romans, Christians, Pagans, and Barbarians in the Late Roman Empire / MAIJASTINA KAHLOS 237 Modern Bibliography 275 General Index 295 Index Locorum 303