William E Klingshirn
Biographic Data
| ID | 5369386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William E Klingshirn |
| GIVEN NAMES | William E |
| FAMILY NAME | Klingshirn |
| SIGNATURE | KLINGSHIRN W E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catholic University of America |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Early Christian Definitions of Prophecy and Divination
The wartime and post‐war reception of Caesarius of Arles
This article focuses on the reception of Caesarius, bishop of Arles, from the end of his fourteenth centenary in 1942 to the beginning of his fifteenth in 1970, with particular attention to religious and political contexts. It also considers, though more selectively, trends in the study of Caesarius after 1970 that illustrate both continuity with the immediate post‐war period, especially in the local veneration of his memory, and new questions an…
My Lots are in Thy Hands
Sortilege—the making of decisions by casting lots—was widely practiced in the Mediterranean world during the period known as late antiquity, between the third and eighth centuries CE. In My Lots are in Thy Hands: Sortilege and its Practitioners in Late Antiquity, AnneMarie Luijendijk and William Klingshirn have collected fourteen essays that examine late antique lot divination, especially but not exclusively through texts preserved in Greek, Lati…
Astra(m)psychus
A legendary Persian sage. According to Diogenes Laertius (1.2), Astrampsychus (“starsoul” in Greek) followed Ostanes as a successor of Zoroaster.
Seers and Sortilegi , Roman World
Seers ( vates ) in the Roman world practiced divination on the basis of divine inspiration that came to them in an altered state of consciousness. Sortilegi practiced divination on the basis of lots ( sortes ) whose verbal or nonverbal messages they interpreted for clients.
Caesarius of Arles
Inventing the sortilegus
INTRODUCTION Divination by lot was widespread in the ancient Mediterranean world. In archaic Italy it was mainly practiced at fixed holy places, as attested by inscribed sortes , by depictions of ritual, and by literary evidence, especially for the oracle of Fortuna Primigenia at Praeneste. By the first century bce , however, it was also being practiced by independent lot diviners in Rome and other cities, where there was a large market for their…
Isidore of Seville's Taxonomy of Magicians and Diviners
In Etymologies 8.9, Isidore presents a detailed classification of the diverse group of ritual experts he calls magi. Well organized, erudite, flexible enough to include a wide range of specialists, and, as its record of influence demonstrates, enormously useful as a template for later medieval classifications, the “De Magis” offers what can rightly be called the first definitive western Christian taxonomy of unauthorized practitioners. Although I…
Defining the Sortes Sanctorum
First mentioned in a fifth-century Gallic church council, the term sortes sanctorum ("lots of the saints") recurs throughout the Latin middle ages. Following Charles Du Cange's Glossarium . . . Latinitatis (1678), scholars have usually defined it either as a synonym for divinatory consultation of the Bible (sortes biblicae) or as a blanket label for all early Christian lot divination. This article argues instead that Sortes Sanctorum was the titl…
Clavis patrum Latinorum. Eligius Dekkers , Aemilius Gaar
Charity and Power
One of the most dramatic expressions of Christian charity in late antiquity was the practice of ransoming captives taken in brigandage, piracy, or war. Involving, as it did, the collection and disbursement of large sums of money, and delicate negotiations with hostile parties, the redemption of captives eventually came to be included in the duties of local bishops. Bishops, in turn, not only accepted, but actively solicited this responsibility, f…
Charity and Power
One of the most dramatic expressions of Christian charity in late antiquity was the practice of ransoming captives taken in brigandage, piracy, or war. Involving, as it did, the collection and disbursement of large sums of money, and delicate negotiations with hostile parties, the redemption of captives eventually came to be included in the duties of local bishops. Bishops, in turn, not only accepted, but actively solicited this responsibility, f…
Isidore of Seville's Taxonomy of Magicians and Diviners
In Etymologies 8.9, Isidore presents a detailed classification of the diverse group of ritual experts he calls magi. Well organized, erudite, flexible enough to include a wide range of specialists, and, as its record of influence demonstrates, enormously useful as a template for later medieval classifications, the “De Magis” offers what can rightly be called the first definitive western Christian taxonomy of unauthorized practitioners. Although I…
Charity and Power
One of the most dramatic expressions of Christian charity in late antiquity was the practice of ransoming captives taken in brigandage, piracy, or war. Involving, as it did, the collection and disbursement of large sums of money, and delicate negotiations with hostile parties, the redemption of captives eventually came to be included in the duties of local bishops. Bishops, in turn, not only accepted, but actively solicited this responsibility, f…
Clavis patrum Latinorum. Eligius Dekkers , Aemilius Gaar
Defining the Sortes Sanctorum
First mentioned in a fifth-century Gallic church council, the term sortes sanctorum ("lots of the saints") recurs throughout the Latin middle ages. Following Charles Du Cange's Glossarium . . . Latinitatis (1678), scholars have usually defined it either as a synonym for divinatory consultation of the Bible (sortes biblicae) or as a blanket label for all early Christian lot divination. This article argues instead that Sortes Sanctorum was the titl…
Isidore of Seville's Taxonomy of Magicians and Diviners
In Etymologies 8.9, Isidore presents a detailed classification of the diverse group of ritual experts he calls magi. Well organized, erudite, flexible enough to include a wide range of specialists, and, as its record of influence demonstrates, enormously useful as a template for later medieval classifications, the “De Magis” offers what can rightly be called the first definitive western Christian taxonomy of unauthorized practitioners. Although I…
Inventing the sortilegus
INTRODUCTION Divination by lot was widespread in the ancient Mediterranean world. In archaic Italy it was mainly practiced at fixed holy places, as attested by inscribed sortes , by depictions of ritual, and by literary evidence, especially for the oracle of Fortuna Primigenia at Praeneste. By the first century bce , however, it was also being practiced by independent lot diviners in Rome and other cities, where there was a large market for their…
Caesarius of Arles
Astra(m)psychus
A legendary Persian sage. According to Diogenes Laertius (1.2), Astrampsychus (“starsoul” in Greek) followed Ostanes as a successor of Zoroaster.
Seers and Sortilegi , Roman World
Seers ( vates ) in the Roman world practiced divination on the basis of divine inspiration that came to them in an altered state of consciousness. Sortilegi practiced divination on the basis of lots ( sortes ) whose verbal or nonverbal messages they interpreted for clients.
The wartime and post‐war reception of Caesarius of Arles
This article focuses on the reception of Caesarius, bishop of Arles, from the end of his fourteenth centenary in 1942 to the beginning of his fifteenth in 1970, with particular attention to religious and political contexts. It also considers, though more selectively, trends in the study of Caesarius after 1970 that illustrate both continuity with the immediate post‐war period, especially in the local veneration of his memory, and new questions an…
My Lots are in Thy Hands
Sortilege—the making of decisions by casting lots—was widely practiced in the Mediterranean world during the period known as late antiquity, between the third and eighth centuries CE. In My Lots are in Thy Hands: Sortilege and its Practitioners in Late Antiquity, AnneMarie Luijendijk and William Klingshirn have collected fourteen essays that examine late antique lot divination, especially but not exclusively through texts preserved in Greek, Lati…
Early Christian Definitions of Prophecy and Divination
Art (10 works) · History (8 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · Classics (5 works) · Divination (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · History (4 works) · Medieval Literature and History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)