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II. Ancient Mediterranean concepts of person. Some remarks on the concept "person" in the ancient Egyptian culture / H. te Velde -- Name and person in ancient Judaism and Christianity / H.G. Kippenberg -- The image of the philosopher in late antiquity and in early Christianity / U. Berner -- The saint as symbol : conceptions of the person in late antiquity and early Christianity / H.J.W. Drijvers -- Fear of death / N. Elias
III. Non-Western concepts of person. Towards contemporary Islamic concepts of the person / J.S. Jensen -- Can you marry a djinni? : an aspect of the djinn as persons / F. Leemhuis -- Some reflections of the concept of person in ancient Indian texts / L.P. van den Bosch -- An Indian image of man : an inquiry into a change of perspective in the Hindu world-view / H.T. Bakker -- Hopi hermeneutics : ritual person among the Hopi Indians of Arizona / A.W. Geertz -- Ego-awareness and the person in the West African world view / H.A. Witte. IV. Special issues. Persona non grata : the case of Zwarte Piet / B.P. Hofstede -- Extraterrestrial persons / W.B. Drees
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