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Author : Arnaldo Momigliano
Release : 1987-11
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 180/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis On Pagans, Jews, and Christians by : Arnaldo Momigliano
Download or read book On Pagans, Jews, and Christians written by Arnaldo Momigliano. This book was released on 1987-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the relationships between pagan Greece, imperial Rome, Judaism, and Christianity.
Author : Naomi Janowitz
Release : 2002-09-11
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 67X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Magic in the Roman World by : Naomi Janowitz
Download or read book Magic in the Roman World written by Naomi Janowitz. This book was released on 2002-09-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term for other people's rituals. Naomi Janowitz shows that 'magical' activities were integral to late antique religious practice, and that they must be understood from the perspective of those who employed them.
Author : Jennifer Chi
Release : 2011
Genre : Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
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Book Rating : 688/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Edge of Empires by : Jennifer Chi
Download or read book Edge of Empires written by Jennifer Chi. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University on the occasion of the exhibition Edge of Empires, Sept. 23, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012.
Author : Mordechai Aviam
Release : 2004
Genre : Excavations (Archaeology)
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Book Rating : 719/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Galilee by : Mordechai Aviam
Download or read book Jews, Pagans, and Christians in the Galilee written by Mordechai Aviam. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume holds 21 chapters arranged in chronological order from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine periods, each of them based on the results of archaeological excavations or field surveys conducted by the author during the past 25 years. It is a summary of field work as well as summaries of studies carried out in Galilee during the last 100 years. Further, it is a study of the Galileans and their material culture during the 1000 years between the third century BCE and the seventh century CE, a long period of time in which the foundation for both the Jesus movement and Mishnaic Judaism were built. This book gives scholars of religion, history, and archaeology much new and concentrated information, much of which has never been previously published.Mordechai Aviam was for 11 years the District Archaeologist of the Western Galilee for the Israel Antiquities Authority. He is an adjunct professor in residence at the Center for Judaic Studies in the University of Rochester.
Author : Mark J. Edwards
Release : 1999-06-17
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Apologetics in the Roman Empire by : Mark J. Edwards
Download or read book Apologetics in the Roman Empire written by Mark J. Edwards. This book was released on 1999-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to tackle the origins and purpose of literary religious apologetic in the first centuries of the Christian era by discussing, on their own terms, texts composed by pagan and Jewish authors as well as Christians. Previous studies of apologetic have focused primarily on the Christian apologists of the second century. These, and other Christian authors, are represented also in this volume but, in addition, experts in the religious history of the pagan world, in Judaism, and in late antique philosophy examine very different literary traditions to see to what extent techniques and motifs were shared across the religious divide. Each contributor has investigated the probable audience, the literary milieu, and the specific social, political, and cultural circumstances which elicited each apologetic text. In many cases these questions lead on to the further issue of the relation between the readers addressed by the author and the actual readers, and the extent to which a defined literary genre of apologetic developed. These studies, ranging in time from the New Testament to the early fourth century, and including novel contributions by specialists in ancient history, Jewish history, ancient philosophy, the New Testament, and patristics, will put the study of ancient religious apologetic on to a new footing.
