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Meeting Program Units

2024 Annual Meeting

San Diego, California

Meeting Begins11/23/2024
Meeting Ends11/26/2024

Call for Papers Opens: 1/24/2024
Call for Papers Closes: 3/20/2024

Requirements for Participation

Religion and Philosophy in Antiquity


Program Unit Type: Seminar
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: Our seminar is currently accepting proposals for four different sessions. 1. Fresh Perspectives on Early Christianity and Cynicism: This session aims to explore the similarities and differences between imperial Cynicism and early Christian works, focusing on their respective ideas, ethics, and practices. 2. Notions of Freedom: This joint session with the Pseudepigrapha Unit will critically examine the concept of freedom in ancient religious-philosophical traditions, including aspects of freedom of choice and freedom of speech. The panel will explore how these ideas are reflected also in Jewish and Christian pseudepigrapha. Various contexts of freedom, including metaphysical, cultural, ethical, and political aspects, will be discussed. 3. Biblical Inspiration and Ancient Religious Philosophical Discourses: This session, in conjunction with the SBL Unit Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives, will delve into how Hellenistic Jewish and Early Christian authors understood the transmission of divine knowledge, focusing on inspiration, divination (referring also to the role of dreams). 4. Definitions of Superstition: This session will discuss technical terms and concepts used to describe forms of superstition in ancient religious and philosophical discourses.

Program Unit Chairs

Athanasios Despotis
Isidoros Katsos

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