Christianizing Egypt : : Syncretism and Local Worlds in Late Antiquity / / David Frankfurter.
How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as Egypt? This book offers a new model for envisioning the process of Christianization by looking at the construction of Christianity in the various social and creative worlds active...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Martin Classical Lectures ;
34 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 8 color illus. 16 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Remodeling the Christianization of Egypt
- Chapter 2. Domestic Devotion and Religious Change
- Chapter 3. Controller of Demons, Dispenser of Blessings
- Chapter 4. A Site of Blessings, Dreams, and Wonders
- Chapter 5. The Magic of Craft
- Chapter 6. Scribality and Syncretism
- Chapter 7. Whispering Spirits, Holy Processions
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index