From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity - Couverture rigide

Emmel, Stephen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004131418 ISBN 13 : 9789004131415

Editeur : Brill, 2008

Synopsis

Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception in late antiquity. Archaeologists, historians, and historians of religion seek an appropriate larger perspective on the phenomenon temple-destruction.

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À propos de l'auteur

Johannes Hahn, Ph.D. (1986) and Habilitation (1993), Heidelberg University, is Professor of Ancient History at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He has published primarily on Roman imperial history and late antiquity, including Gewalt und religiöser Konflikt. Studien zu den Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Christen, Heiden und Juden im Osten des Römischen Reiches (Akademie Verlag, 2004). Stephen Emmel, Ph.D. (1993) in Religious Studies, Yale University, is Professor of Coptology at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He has published extensively on Coptic philology and Coptic literature, including Shenoute's Literary Corpus (Peeters, 2004). Ulrich Gotter, Ph.D. (1992) and Habilitation (2002), Freiburg University, is Professor of Ancient History at the Universität Konstanz. He has published on Roman republican history, Roman historiography, and processes of acculturation and of Christianization and is currently working on monarchy in the ancient world. The contributors to this volume are: Roger S. Bagnall, Doron Bar, David Brakke, Angelos Chaniotis, Stephen Emmel, David Frankfurter, Ulrich Gotter, Peter Grossmann, Johannes Hahn, and Helen Saradi.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004131418
• ISBN 13: 9789004131415
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Éditeur: Hahn Johannes, Gotter Ulrich
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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