Lindsay G Driediger-Murphy
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1428902 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Lindsay G Driediger-Murphy |
| NOMBRES | Lindsay G |
| APELLIDO | Driediger-Murphy |
| FIRMA | DRIEDIGER-MURPHY L G |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Calgary |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Belief in Greek and Roman Religion
For the Greeks and Romans, the world was full of gods, but this fundamental aspect of their experience poses major challenges to modern understanding. The concept of belief has been central to meeting those challenges but has itself been hotly debated, and has at times even been rejected as a supposedly Christianising anachronism. Others, meanwhile, have argued that a culture-neutral model of belief is both possible and essential, while the adven…
Roman Theologies in Crisis
This chapter treats a selection of divine responses to impiety recorded in historiography, oratory, and letters from the late Republic. Considering influential claims for the stability of certain theological tenets regarding divine justice, the chapter examines the question of how and when gods punish individuals rather than communities. In this period, formulaic calls for the gods to punish the guilty individual rather than the state became weap…
Numa and Jupiter
This article examines the Roman tradition that Numa once negotiated with Jupiter about human sacrifice. Complete versions of the myth survive in Ovid, Plutarch and Arnobius (citing Valerius Antias). Previous studies of this tradition have proposed four main interpretations of it, which have done important service in modern reconstructions of the character of Roman religion. These scholarly treatments raise several questions. First, are they actua…
Ancient Divination and Experience
The introduction to this volume describes the contribution that it makes to scholarship on ancient divinatory practices. It analyses previous and current research, arguing that while this predominantly functionalist work reveals important socio-political dimensions of divination, it also runs the risk of obscuring from view the very people, ideologies, and experiences that scholars seek to understand. It explains that the essays in this volume fo…
Ancient Divination and Experience
Roman Republican Augury
Scholarship on Roman Republican augury has previously tended towards the view that official divination was organized to tell its users what they wanted to hear. This volume argues instead that its rules did not allow humans simply to create or ignore signs at will: when human and divine will clashed it was the latter which was supposed to prevail
‘Do not examine, but believe?’
This article offers a classicist's perspective on Teresa Morgan's book Roman Faith and Christian Faith
Tarpeia
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 217 the Lives emerges from the translation as a more elegant stylist than he deserves. Roisman and Worthington are responsible for the commentary on the Lives, which constitutes the bulk of the book. It is thorough, with particularly comprehensive and up-to-date citation of bibliography. A large quantity of often difficult material is very usefully analyzed. It is not intended as any serious criticism to observe that i…
Theology as a Historiographic Tool in Dionysius of Halicarnassus
In his Antiquitates Romanae Dionysius of Halicarnassus used “theology” to evaluate the veracity of the “myths” he encountered in the Roman historical tradition. This use of “theology” testifies to Dionysius' consistency as a thinker, distinguishes him from contemporary ancient historians, and illustrates the importance of the intellectual dimension of Greek and Roman religions
Roman Republican Augury
Scholarship on Roman Republican augury has previously tended towards the view that official divination was organized to tell its users what they wanted to hear. This volume argues instead that its rules did not allow humans simply to create or ignore signs at will: when human and divine will clashed it was the latter which was supposed to prevail
Theology as a Historiographic Tool in Dionysius of Halicarnassus
In his Antiquitates Romanae Dionysius of Halicarnassus used “theology” to evaluate the veracity of the “myths” he encountered in the Roman historical tradition. This use of “theology” testifies to Dionysius' consistency as a thinker, distinguishes him from contemporary ancient historians, and illustrates the importance of the intellectual dimension of Greek and Roman religions
Tarpeia
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 217 the Lives emerges from the translation as a more elegant stylist than he deserves. Roisman and Worthington are responsible for the commentary on the Lives, which constitutes the bulk of the book. It is thorough, with particularly comprehensive and up-to-date citation of bibliography. A large quantity of often difficult material is very usefully analyzed. It is not intended as any serious criticism to observe that i…
‘Do not examine, but believe?’
This article offers a classicist's perspective on Teresa Morgan's book Roman Faith and Christian Faith
Ancient Divination and Experience
The introduction to this volume describes the contribution that it makes to scholarship on ancient divinatory practices. It analyses previous and current research, arguing that while this predominantly functionalist work reveals important socio-political dimensions of divination, it also runs the risk of obscuring from view the very people, ideologies, and experiences that scholars seek to understand. It explains that the essays in this volume fo…
Ancient Divination and Experience
Roman Republican Augury
Scholarship on Roman Republican augury has previously tended towards the view that official divination was organized to tell its users what they wanted to hear. This volume argues instead that its rules did not allow humans simply to create or ignore signs at will: when human and divine will clashed it was the latter which was supposed to prevail
Numa and Jupiter
This article examines the Roman tradition that Numa once negotiated with Jupiter about human sacrifice. Complete versions of the myth survive in Ovid, Plutarch and Arnobius (citing Valerius Antias). Previous studies of this tradition have proposed four main interpretations of it, which have done important service in modern reconstructions of the character of Roman religion. These scholarly treatments raise several questions. First, are they actua…
Belief in Greek and Roman Religion
For the Greeks and Romans, the world was full of gods, but this fundamental aspect of their experience poses major challenges to modern understanding. The concept of belief has been central to meeting those challenges but has itself been hotly debated, and has at times even been rejected as a supposedly Christianising anachronism. Others, meanwhile, have argued that a culture-neutral model of belief is both possible and essential, while the adven…
Roman Theologies in Crisis
This chapter treats a selection of divine responses to impiety recorded in historiography, oratory, and letters from the late Republic. Considering influential claims for the stability of certain theological tenets regarding divine justice, the chapter examines the question of how and when gods punish individuals rather than communities. In this period, formulaic calls for the gods to punish the guilty individual rather than the state became weap…
Art (6 obras) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 obras) · History (6 obras) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 obras) · Literature (5 obras) · Classics (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Ideology (3 obras)