Empsychoi Logoi- Religious Innovations in Antiquity ― Studies in Honour of Pieter Willem Van Der Horst

The contributions to this volume all deal with the crucial problem of change in the religious traditions of the ancient world. They range from broad overviews to detailed case-studies, discussing examples from Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Manichaean literature.

Alberdina Houtman, Ph.D. (1995) in Jewish Studies, University of Utrecht, is Professor of Jewish Studies and lecturer in Semitic languages at the Protestant Theological University in Kampen. She has published extensively on Rabbinic literature, with a special emphasis on Targumic studies.Albert de Jong, Ph.D. (1996) in Religious Studies, University of Utrecht, is lecturer in Religious Studies in the University of Leiden, Faculty of Religious Studies. He has published extensively on the religious history of the ancient world, with a particular focus on Zoroastrianism. Magda Misset-van de Weg, Ph.D. (1997) in New Testament, University of Utrecht, has taught New Testament studies in the universities of Utrecht, Nijmegen, Amsterdam and Kampen. The main focus of her work is the exegesis of the New Testament and Christian apocryphal literature.Contributors include: Keimpe Algra, Bob Becking, Wout van Bekkum, Jan den Boeft, Jan Bremmer, Roel van den Broek, Martin Goodman, Jan Willem van Henten, Jens Herzer, Alberdina Houtman, Albert de Jong, Hermann Lichtenberger, Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, Jaap Mansfeld, Maarten Menken, Annette Merz, Magda Misset-van de Weg, Gerard Mussies, Judith Newman, Tobias Nicklas, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Eric Ottenheijm, Geert van Oyen, Marcel Poorthuis, Gerard Rouwhorst, David Runia, Huub van de Sandt, Peter Schafer, Greg Sterling, Guy Stroumsa, Teun Tieleman, Eibert Tigchelaar, Emanuel Tov, Johannes Tromp, Klaas Worp, Irene Zwiep.