Overview

The authors of this volume explore the variety of religious responses to political, social, textual and ritual changes that occurred in the late antique Eastern Mediterranean. The volume addresses the issue of ""coping with religious change"" from the multiple perspectives of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, textual analysis, and papyrology. How did religious subjects adapt to the Hellenization and Romanization of Judea and Asia Minor, the Christianization of the Roman Empire, and the Islamic conquest of Palestine, Egypt and North Africa? When changes happened to their societies, how much did late antique subjects borrow from the new cultural environment? This volume will fill a gap in contemporary historical debates on how to conceptualize change in late antique religions. In doing so, it recreates a dynamic image of the Roman world in late antiquity, a world which adopted changes and adapted to new political, social, and religious situations.

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Author:   Eduard Iricinschi ,  Chrysi Kotsifou
Publisher:   Mohr Siebeck
Imprint:   Mohr Siebeck
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9783161539206

ISBN 10:   3161539206
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   30 September 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

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Table of Contents: Eduard Iricinschi/Chrysi Kotsifou: Adopting Religious Transformations and Adapting Rituals in the Late-antique Eastern Mediterranean I. Religious Change in Late-antique Greece and Asia Minor Angelos Chaniotis: Horror saltus: Camouflaging Religious Change (2nd-5th cent. CE) – Efthymios Rizos: Civic Foundation Narratives and Sacred Topography in Philippi from Paganism to Christianity II. Adapting to Transformations in Late-antique Palestine Zeev Weiss: Building God's House: Synagogues, Churches, and Intercommunal Relations in Late Antique Palestine – Rina Talgam: Christians and Jews in the Eastern Galilee in Late Antiquity: Challenge and Response – Joseph Patrich: A Liturgical Transformation as Reflected in Church Architecture: The Evolution of the Great Entrance in the Churches of Palaestina and Arabia – Jonathan J. Price: The Different Faces of Euergetism in Syria and Iudaea/Palaestina in Late Antiquity: The Evidence of Synagogue Inscriptions – Yair Furstenberg: The Christianization of Proselyte Baptism in Rabbinic Tradition III. Adaptation in Late-antique Egypt Chrysi Kotsifou: The Manichaean Communities in Fourth-century Egypt: A Case of Persecution or Assimilation? – Jean-Luc Fournet: The Impact of Christianity on Papyri: The Case of Dioscorus of Aphrodito (Sixth-Century CE) – Mark Sheridan: The Mystery of Bohairic: The Role of Monasteries in Adaptation and Change IV. Translating Religious Codes Eduard Iricinschi: 'Write this Book in Hieroglyphic Characters' (NHC VI,6): Egyptian Antiquity in Coptic Antiquity – Daniel Barbu: The Invention of Idolatry – Uriel Simonsohn: The Survival of the Household under Early Islamic Rule

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Born 1968; MA in Religious Studies from New York University; PhD in the Religions of Late Antiquity from Princeton University; currently visiting research fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Ruhr University Bochum. Born 1973; MA in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, King's College London; PhD in Byzantine Studies, King's College London; currently Polonsky Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

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