Hellenic Religion And Christianization C 370 529 Volume I

Author : Trombley
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004276785
Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370-529, Volume II written by Trombley and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529. It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacrifice and sorcery, temple conversions, the degradation of pagan gods into daimones, the christianization of rite, and the social, political and economic background of conversion to Christianity. Several local contexts are examined in great detail: Gaza, Athens, Alexandria, Aphrodisias, central Asia Minor, northern Syria, the Nile basin, and the province of Arabia. It lays particular emphasis on the criticism of epigraphy, legal evidence, and hagiographic texts, and traces the demographic growth of Christianity and the chronology of this process in select local contexts. It also seeks to understand the behavioral patterns of conversion.

Author : Trombley
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004276777
Total Pages : 358 pages
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Download or read book Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370-529, Volume I written by Trombley and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529. It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacrifice and sorcery, temple conversions, the degradation of pagan gods into daimones, the christianization of rite, and the social, political and economic background of conversion to Christianity. Several local contexts are examined in great detail: Gaza, Athens, Alexandria, Aphrodisias, central Asia Minor, northern Syria, the Nile basin, and the province of Arabia. It lays particular emphasis on the criticism of epigraphy, legal evidence, and hagiographic texts, and traces the demographic growth of Christianity and the chronology of this process in select local contexts. It also seeks to understand the behavioral patterns of conversion.

Author : Frank R. Trombley
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004096240
Total Pages : 372 pages
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Download or read book Hellenic Religion and Christianization written by Frank R. Trombley and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1993 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work treats the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529. It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacrifice and sorcery, temple conversions, the degradation of pagan gods into daimones, the christianization of rite, and the social, political and economic background of conversion to Christianity. Several local contexts are examined in great detail: Gaza, Athens, Alexandria, Aphrodisias, central Asia Minor, northern Syria, the Nile basin, and the province of Arabia. It lays particular emphasis on the criticism of epigraphy, legal evidence, and hagiographic texts, and traces the demographic growth of Christianity and the chronology of this process in selected local contexts. It also seeks to understand the behavioral patterns of conversion.

Author : Frank Trombley
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ISBN 13 : 9781306808507
Total Pages : 432 pages
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Author : Frank R. Trombley
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ISBN 13 : 9789004096912
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Download or read book Hellenic Religion and Christianization C. 370-529 written by Frank R. Trombley and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank R. Trombley
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004096912
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Download or read book Hellenic Religion and Christianization written by Frank R. Trombley and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1993 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529.It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacrifice and sorcery, temple conversions, the degradation of pagan gods into daimones, the christianization of rite, and the social, political and economic background of conversion to Christianity. Several local contexts are examined in great detail: Gaza, Athens, Alexandria, Aphrodisias, central Asia Minor, northern Syria, the Nile basin, and the province of Arabia.It lays particular emphasis on the criticism of epigraphy, legal evidence, and hagiographic texts, and traces the demographic growth of Christianity and the chronology of this process in select local contexts. It also seeks to understand the behavioral patterns of conversion.

Author : Graham Speake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135942064
Total Pages : 1941 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition written by Graham Speake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 1941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hellenism is the living culture of the Greek-speaking peoples and has a continuing history of more than 3,500 years. The Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition contains approximately 900 entries devoted to people, places, periods, events, and themes, examining every aspect of that culture from the Bronze Age to the present day. The focus throughout is on the Greeks themselves, and the continuities within their own cultural tradition. Language and religion are perhaps the most obvious vehicles of continuity; but there have been many others--law, taxation, gardens, music, magic, education, shipping, and countless other elements have all played their part in maintaining this unique culture. Today, Greek arts have blossomed again; Greece has taken its place in the European Union; Greeks control a substantial proportion of the world's merchant marine; and Greek communities in the United States, Australia, and South Africa have carried the Hellenic tradition throughout the world. This is the first reference work to embrace all aspects of that tradition in every period of its existence.

Author : A. D. Lee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470766239
Total Pages : 313 pages
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Download or read book War in Late Antiquity written by A. D. Lee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and theRoman army in Late Antiquity. Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad rangeof areas encompassing politics, the economy, and social life Pays particular attention to the experience of war from theperspective of non-combatants Investigates the religious dimension of military life and therole of the army in implementing religious policy Approaches familiar subjects from new perspectives, offeringnovel insights into the many facets of late Roman history

Author : Morton Smith
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004104778
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book Studies in the Cult of Yahweh: Studies in the New Testament, Early Christianity, Magica written by Morton Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in unfamiliar ways, to re-open old questions, to pose new questions, and to demolish received truths. He practiced the "hermeneutics of suspicion" to devastating effect. His answers are not always convincing but his questions cannot be ignored. The essays of Volume I center on the Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament"), Ancient Israel and Ancient Judaism, of Volume II on the Christian Bible ("New Testament"), Early Christianity and Ancient Magic. Volume II also contains an assessment of Smith's scholarly achievement and a complete list of his publications.

Author : Istvan Czachesz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317544048
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book The Grotesque Body in Early Christian Discourse written by Istvan Czachesz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Christian apocryphal and conical documents present us with grotesque images of the human body, often combining the playful and humorous with the repulsive, and fearful. First to third century Christian literature was shaped by the discourse around and imagery of the human body. This study analyses how the iconography of bodily cruelty and visceral morality was produced and refined from the very start of Christian history. The sources range across Greek comedy, Roman and Jewish demonology, and metamorphosis traditions. The study reveals how these images originated, were adopted, and were shaped to the service of a doctrinally and psychologically persuasive Christian message.