Spaces in late antiquity : cultural, theological and archaeological perspectives /: cultural, theological and archaeological perspectives. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Juliette Day, Raimo Hakola, Maijastina Kahlos and Ulla Tervahauta.
• Editors: Day, Juliette; Hakola, Raimo; Kahlos, Maijastina; Tervahauta, Ulla
• Contents: Introduction / Juliette Day, Raimo Hakola, Maijastina Kahlos and Ulla Tervahauta -- I. Cultural perspectives -- Meddling in the middle? : urban celebrations, ecclesiastical leaders and the Roman emperor in late antiquity / Maijastina Kahlos -- Classical culture, domestic space and imperial vision in the Cycle of Agathias / Steven D. Smith -- Monastic space : the ascetic between sacred and civil spheres in Theodoret of Cyrrhus / Andreas Westergren -- II. Theological perspectives -- Seeing Christ at the holy places / Juliette Day -- Sacred space, virginal consecration and symbolic power : a liturgical innovation and its implications in late ancient Christianity / David G. Hunter -- The city of God and the place of demons : city life and demonology in early Christianity / Joona Salminen -- Preaching, feasting and making space for a meaning / Anna-Liisa Tolonen -- III. Archaeological perspectives -- Galilean Jews and Christians in context : spaces shared and contested in the Eastern Galilee in late antiquity / Raimo Hakola -- Performing the sacred in a community building : observations from the 2010-2015 Kinneret Regional Project excavations in the Byzantine Synagogue of Horvat Kur (Galilee) / Jürgen Zangenberg -- Thrown into limekilns : the reuse of statuary and architecture in Galilee from late antiquity onwards / Rick Bonnie.
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 937/.09; Public spaces -- History -- To 1500; Sacred space -- History -- To 1500; Identity (Psychology) -- History -- To 1500; Group identity -- History -- To 1500; Identification (Religion) -- History -- To 1500; Christianity and culture -- History -- To 1500; Judaism and culture -- History -- To 1500; HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome; Christianity and culture; Group identity; Identification (Religion); Identity (Psychology); Judaism and culture; Public spaces; Sacred space; Mediterranean Region -- History -- 476-1517; Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476; Middle East -- History -- To 622; Mediterranean Region; Middle East; Rome (Empire); Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472450173; 1472450175; 1317051793; 9781317051794; 9781317051787; 1317051785
• Related ISBNs: 9781472450166; 1472450167; 1472450183; 1317051777; 1317051785
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 15, 2016).
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