Heilige, Heiliges Und Heiligkeit in Spatantiken Religionskulturen

The meaning of holiness and how one can speak about it remains an active research question in religious studies and theology. The contributors to this volume analyze discourses about holiness from the religious cultures of late antiquity: Greco-Roman religion, Judaism, and Christianity. Terminologies, practices, and reflections related to holiness are explored in the context of their particular religious frames of reference, but are also related to each other. This interdisciplinary approach allows us to identify both discontinuities and continuities in the concept of holiness more precisely than ever before.