{"product_id":"spiritual-taxonomies-and-ritual-authority-9780812247893","title":"Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority recounts how philosophers of the late third century C.E. organized the spirit world into hierarchies, positioning themselves as high priests in the process. By establishing themselves as experts on sacred matters, they fortified their authority, prestige, and reputation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSpiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and thoughtful work, and one that will be of considerable interest to a range of scholars. Tracing the interactions among figures who have traditionally been perceived as operating within separate spheres-pagan Neoplatonists, Christian Platonists, Egyptian ritual experts, and gnostics-Heidi Marx-Wolf makes a persuasive and stimulating argument for how these thinkers used their expertise to establish their social authority.\" * James Rives, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. How to Feed a Daemon: Third-Century Philosophers on Blood Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Everything in Its Right Place: Spiritual Taxonomy in Third-Century Platonism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Missing Link: Third-Century Platonists and \"Gnostics\" on Daemons and Other Spirits\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. High Priests of the Highest God: Third-Century Platonists as Ritual Experts\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405727211863,"sku":"9780812247893","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812247893.jpg?v=1730493409","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spiritual-taxonomies-and-ritual-authority-9780812247893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}