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Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: An Inquiry into the Origin, Development and Meaning of Human Life A Personal Account of the Scholarship of Henk Versnel Frits G. Naerebout and Kim Beerden Bibliography of H.S. Versnel Part 1: Inconsistencies and Other Complexities 1 Cognitive Science of Religion and the Work of Henk Versnel Ancient and Modern Scholars on Inconsistencies, from Aristotle to Versnel Jennifer Larson 2 “One Must Not Ask Questions Such as These” Casper C. de Jonge 3 Divine Metonymy: Theology and Rhetoric Tim Whitmarsh Part 2 : Myth and Ritual 4 The History of Myth and Ritual Robert A. Segal 5 Transitions, Reversals, Inconsistencies H.S. Versnel on Myth and Ritual Michael D. Konaris Part 3 : Magic, Prayers for Justice, and Emotion 6 The Typical and the Outlier in Ancient Greek Cursing Prayers for Justice, Erotic Curses and other Important Categories Chris A. Faraone 7 Ancient Magic in a New Key Refining an Exotic Discipline in the History of Religions David Frankfurter 8 My God! Religion as Emotional Experience in the Hellenistic World and the Roman East Angelos Chaniotis Part 4 : Saving Death 9 Jesus Christus als neue Alkestis und neuer Kodros Das Sterben „für“ andere Menschen bei Paulus und im paganen Kontext Christina Eschner Part 5 : Henotheism 10 Henotheism, a ‘Consistent’ Category of Polytheism Nicole Belayche Epilogue 11 Foreword to an Afterword Henk S. Versnel 12 Response Henk S. Versnel Bibliography Index
