Papers Session: Critical Approaches to the Oxford Handbook of Deification (2024)
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This paper, in dialogue with The Oxford Handbook of Deification, serves as an introduction to the deification studies. The paper offers a working definition of deification, discusses the main markers of deification, and the hermeneutical issues pertaining to term/ concept distinction in the study of deification-relevant materials. Two major shifts in the deification studies will be introduced and discussed.