Religion

ISBN: 9781107020122
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book explores how deities were used to communicate and negotiate imperial power under the Severan dynasty (AD 193-235). Numismatic evidence is reintegrated into the wider material culture of the Severan period in order to bri... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004218505
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Over the past two hundred plus years, scholarship has admired Roman law for being the first autonomous legal science in history. This biased view has obscured the fact that, traditionally, law was closely connected to religion and remained so ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107026384
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to construction of the grou... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004227231
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
The well-known formats of Roman sculpture are the ones best preserved, but inevitably limited to those designed to be permanent and immobile. A significant component of the Roman visual world missing from this record are those ima... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004224353
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This book tracks the development of social complexity in Ireland from the late prehistoric period on into the Middle Ages. Using a range of methods and techniques, particularly data from settlement patterns, Blair Gibson demonstra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004194533
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Although angels are typically associated with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ancient Angels demonstrates that angels (angeloi) were also a prominent feature of non-Abrahamic religions in the Roman era. Following an interdisciplinary approac... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199743186
Published by : Oxford University Press
Kraemer is a distinguished scholar who has produced a large body of work on ancient religion and gender. This study builds on previous books to explore women's religious practice in the Graeco-Roman and Jewish traditions. She argues that, gend... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199567355
Published by : Oxford University Press
The Oxford Readings in Classical Studies series aims to bring together high-quality and influential articles on a particular area of scholarship, and this volume is no exception. The selection of essays covers paganism, Judaism and Christianit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307633
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume publishes the intial results from the excavation of a significant temple complex in northern Galilee dating from the earliest years of Roman imperial rule. Specialist reports describe the structural remains, wall painting fragments,... .... Learn More