Religion

ISBN: 9783110224702
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
The essays in this book examine the emergent and increasingly confident Christian identities of the second century AD. They ask what part was played by the cultural background of that era, notably the second sophistic and the pro-Hellenic stanc... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004182110
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
In this book, archaeologists, classicists, and specialists in Christian origins examine the social and religious life of ancient Corinth. The studies focus on groups like the early Roman colonists, the Augustales (priests of Augustus), or the P... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780230618862
Published by : Palgrave
This groundbreaking study examines the notion of the parthenogenetic goddess: the primordial creator (or rather, creatrix) who is able to bring into being the cosmos, life, and even other gods without any need for a male partner. Rigolioso arg... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780802825490
Published by : Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Co
From Aaron to Zerubbabel, this enormous book, seems destined to be the primary reference source for Second Temple Judaism for many years to come. As well as the detailed alphabetical entries, which cover everything from theology to daily life, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004175037
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Drawing exclusively on the evidence from urban Rome up to the age of Constantine, the book analyzes the pagan, Jewish, and Christian concepts of "god" along the lines of space, time, personnel, function, iconography and ritual. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521681544
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This study of asceticism in the Roman world takes a broad comparative approach, recognising that abstinence and self-denial were by no means exclusively Christian practices, but common to Pagans, Jews and various heretical branches of Christian... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788763507882
Published by : Museum Tusculanum Press
This book contains 19 articles dealing with various aspects of the Greek goddess Artemis and the Roman goddess Diana. The themes presented in the volume deal with the Near Eastern equivalents of Artemis, the Bronze Age Linear B testimonies, and... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004174818
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This volume focuses on the impact of the Roman Empire on religious behaviour, with a special focus on the dynamics of ritual. It contains 18 papers divided into three sections: ritualising the empire, performing civic community in the empire an... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780812241563
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Early Christians spoke about themselves as resident aliens, strangers, and sojourners, asserting that otherness is a fundamental part of being Christian. But why did they do so and to what ends? How did Christians' claims to foreign status sit... .... Learn More