TY  - BOOK
AU  - Potter,David
TI  - Prophets and Emperors: Human and Divine Authority from Augustus to Theodosius 
T2  - Revealing Antiquity ,
SN  - 9780674437050
U1  - 133.3/248/0937 
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Astrology, Roman
KW  - Divination
KW  - Oracles, Roman
KW  - Parapsychologie, Okkultismus
KW  - Profetieën
KW  - Prophets
KW  - Religion
KW  - Romeinse keizertijd
KW  - Sibylles
KW  - Sibyls
KW  - Voorspellingen
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - Prophets -- Rome
KW  - RELIGION / Ancient*
KW  - Rome -- Religion
KW  - HISTORY / Ancient / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; [ 1 ] Prophecy and Cult --; [ 2 ] Scholars, Poets, and Sibyls --; [ 3 ] Prophecy and the Informed Public --; [ 4 ] Prophecy and Personal Power in the Roman Empire --; [ 5 ] Eastern Wisdom in Roman Prophetic Books --; Epilogue: Power, Culture, and Communication --; Notes Index --; Notes --; Index --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - To the practical modern mind, the idea of divine prophecy is more ludicrous than sublime. Yet to our cultural forebears in ancient Greece and Rome, prophecy was anything but marginal; it was in fact the basic medium for recalling significant past events and expressing hopes for the future, and it offered assurance that divinities truly cared about mere mortals. Prophecy also served political ends, and it was often invoked to support or condemn an emperor's actions. In Prophets and Emperors, David Potter shows us how prophecy worked, how it could empower, and how the diverse inhabitants of the Roman Empire used it to make sense of their world. This is a fascinating account of prophecy as a social, religious, and political phenomenon. The various systems of prophecy--including sacred books, oracles, astrological readings, interpretation of dreams, the sayings of holy men and women--come into sharp relief. Potter explores the use of prophecy as a nieans of historical analysis and political communication, and he describes it in the context of the ancient city. Finally, he traces the reformation of the prophetic tradition under the influence of Christianity in the fourth century. Drawing on diverse evidence--from inscriptions and ancient prophetic books to Greek and Roman historians and the Bible--Potter has produced a study that will engage anyone interested in the religions of the ancient Mediterranean and in the history and politics of the Roman Empire
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674437067
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674437067
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674437067/original
ER  -