Paganer Monotheismus anhand der Θεος Υψιστος- und Εις Θεος-Inschriften

›Pagan monotheism‹ has been a subject of intensive focus in recent scholarship in the history of religion. Within this debate the present article raises the question of whether and to what extent this term really offers an appropriate category for describing the discussed phenomena. After a brief ov...

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Auteur principal: Gers-Uphaus, Christian (Auteur)
Type de support: Numérique/imprimé Article
Langue:Allemand
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Publié: Aschendorff 2017
Dans: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
Année: 2017, Volume: 60, Pages: 5-82
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Résumé:›Pagan monotheism‹ has been a subject of intensive focus in recent scholarship in the history of religion. Within this debate the present article raises the question of whether and to what extent this term really offers an appropriate category for describing the discussed phenomena. After a brief overview of the history of research, two religious formulae - θεὸς ὕψιστος and εἷς θεός, which are both well attested in Late Antiquity - are analysed in a selection of pagan inscriptions from that time. In both cases it is concluded that scholarship should speak about ›pagan henotheism‹ instead of ›pagan monotheism‹ in order accurately to describe this complex religious phenomenon of the Eastern Mediterranean.
ISSN:0075-2541
Contient:Enthalten in: Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.15496/publikation-85856
HDL: 10900/144512