Commemorating the Dead : : Texts and Artifacts in Context. Studies of Roman, Jewish and Christian Burials /

Commemorating the Dead : : Texts and Artifacts in Context. Studies of Roman, Jewish and Christian Burials / / ed. by Laurie Brink, Deborah Green.

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The distinctions and similarities among Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials can provide evidence of social networks, family life, and, perhaps, religious sensibilities. Is the Roman development from columbaria to catacombs the result of evolving religious identities or simply a matter of a change i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Balch, David,
Bodel, John,
Green, Deborah,
Hirschfeld, Amy K.,
Jensen, Robin M.,
Mitchell, Margaret M.,
Osiek, Carolyn,
Saller, Richard,
Stevens, Susan T.,
Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew,
HerausgeberIn:
Brink, Laurie,
Green, Deborah,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (386 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Archaeology and Artifacts
  • Chapter 1. An Overview of the Intellectual History of Catacomb Archaeology
  • Chapter 2. Housing the Dead: The Tomb as House in Roman Italy
  • Chapter 3. Commemorating the Dead in the Communal Cemeteries of Carthage
  • Ritual and Religious Rites
  • Chapter 4. Dining with the Dead: From the Mensa to the Altar in Christian Late Antiquity
  • Chapter 5. Sweet Spices in the Tomb: An Initial Study on the Use of Perfume in Jewish Burials
  • Patronal Relations and Changes in Burial Practices
  • Chapter 6. From Columbaria to Catacombs: Collective Burial in Pagan and Christian Rome
  • Chapter 7. Roman and Christian Burial Practices and the Patronage of Women
  • Envisioning Context and Meaning
  • Chapter 8. From Endymion in Roman Domus to Jonah in Christian Catacombs: From Houses of the Living to Houses for the Dead. Iconography and Religion in Transition
  • Chapter 9. Looking for Abercius: Reimagining Contexts of Interpretation of the “Earliest Christian Inscription”
  • Backmatter

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