A companion to Greco-Roman and late antique Egypt. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Katelijn Vandorpe.
• Authors: Vandorpe, Katelijn
• Editors: Vandorpe, Katelijn
• Contents: List of illustrations and tables Notes on Contributors Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronological outline Maps Part I Greco-Roman Egypt explored 1. Unique sources in an unusual setting; Arthur Verhoogt 2. Modern scholars at work in a digital and multidisciplinary setting; Mark Depauw and Dorota Dzierzbicka Part II Egypt as part of a globalizing world 3. The Last Pharaohs. The Ptolemaic dynasty and the Hellenistic world; Anne-Emanuelle Veïsse 4. A Roman province in the Eastern Mediterranean; Tomasz Derda 5. Egypt in the Byzantine world; Cornelia Römer 6. Life portraits: royals and people in a globalizing world; Alexander Meeus Part III Governing a country with a past. Between tradition and innovation 7. The Ptolemaic governmental branches and the role of temples and elite groups; Joseph G. Manning 8. The branches of Roman and Byzantine government and the role of cities, church and elite groups; Thomas Kruse 9. Policymakers in a changing world; Bernard Legras 10. Taxation and fiscal reforms; Andrew Monson 11. Security and border policy. Army and police; Christelle Fischer-Bovet and Patrick Sänger 12. Immigration, globalization and the impact on private law. The case of legal documents; Uri Yiftach and Katelijn Vandorpe 13. Life portraits: people and their everyday papers in a bureaucratic society; Sofie Waebens Part IV Developing the economic strength of the Nile country 14. Monetization of the countryside; Sitta Von Reden 15. Stimuli for irrigation, agriculture and quarrying; Colin Adams 16. Economic growth and the exploitation of land; Peter van Minnen 17. Life portraits: people at work; Katelijn Vandorpe Part V Identity in a multicultural environment 18. Social identity and upward mobility. Elite groups, lower classes and slaves; Sandra Scheuble-Reiter and Silvia Bussi 19. Ethnic identity: Egyptians, Greeks and Romans; Willy Clarysse 20. Ethnic minority groups; Sylvie Honigman 21. Family and life cycle transitions; Jane Rowlandson and Sandra Lippert 22. Gender issues. Women to the fore; Maren Schentuleit 23. Cultural identity. Housing and burial practices; Anna Lucille Boozer 24. A sound body and mind; Amin Benaissa and Sofie Remijsen 25. Life portraits: people of a multicultural generation; Yanne Broux Part VI Traditional religious life challenged 26. Cults, Creeds and Clergy in a Multicultural Context; Katelijn Vandorpe and Willy Clarysse 27. A successful ruler and imperial cult; Stefan Pfeiffer 28. New deities and new habits; Franziska Naether 29. Egypt’s role in the rise of Christianity, monasticism and regional schisms; Macolm Choat 30. Life portraits: people in worship; Gwen Jennes Part VII Creative minds in theory and praxis 31. Languages, scripts, literature and bridges between cultures; Sofia Torallas Tovar and Marja Vierros 32. Encounters between Greek and Egyptian science; Sydney H. Aufrère and Marie-Hélène Marganne 33. New architectural practices and urbanism; Bérangère Redon; 34. Creativity in visual arts; Martina Minas-Nerpel Part VIII Epilogue 35. The people of Greco-Roman Egypt. Quality of Life; Valérie Wyns and Katelijn Vandorpe 36. Egypt’s specificity and impact on Hellenistic history; Brian McGing 37. Egypt’s specificity and impact on Roman history; Michael A. Speidel 38. New Testament Studies; John S. Kloppenborg 39. New voices and new challenges; Rodney Ast Digital resources and bibliography Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 932; Egypt -- History -- To 640 A.D
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118428405
• Related ISBNs: 9781118428450
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