Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity
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Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity

  1. 361 pages
  2. English
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eBook - PDF

Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity

About this book

Death and rebirth was of vital importance to early Christians in late antiquity. In late antiquity, death was all encompassing. Mortality rates were high, plague and disease in urban areas struck at will, and one lived on the knife's edge regarding one's health. Religion filled a crucial role in this environment, offering an option for those who sought cure and comfort. Following death, the inhumed were memorialized, providing solace to family members through sculpture, painting, and epigraphy. This book offers a sustained interdisciplinary treatment of death and rebirth, a theme that early Christians (and scholars) found important. By analysing the theme of death and rebirth through various lenses, the contributors deepen our understanding of the early Christian funerary and liturgical practices as well as their engagement with other groups in the Empire.

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Yes, you can access Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity by Lee M. Jefferson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Art & History of Medieval Art. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Fortress Academic
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781978784741
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
History of Medieval Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1: Death and Rebirth within North African Montanism
  11. Chapter 2: The Church as the Locus of Miracles: Santa Sabina and Revisiting the Staff of Jesus in Early Christian Art
  12. Chapter 3: Wearing the Cross: Macrina, the Cross, and Co-Crucifixion
  13. Chapter 4: Altar-ed Arks: Form as (Theological) Function in Late Antique and Early Medieval Reliquaries
  14. Chapter 5: Marriage and Martyrdom in Roman North Africa: Augustine and Crispina of Tebessa
  15. Chapter 6: “Bring Out Yer Dead”: A Funerary Ritual Koine and Its Christian Dialects from Little Traditions to a Great Traditio
  16. Chapter 7: Apostolic Posture: Mary Magdalene as Witness to Death and Resurrection in Art
  17. Chapter 8: Reuniting after Death, Defining Familial Piety in Life: A Case of Rhetoric in Word and Image
  18. Chapter 9: Undead Apostles and the Development of Cultic Practices
  19. Chapter 10: To Die for God: Sacrifice, Eucharist, and Martyrdom in Ignatius of Antioch
  20. Chapter 11: Crosses, Snakes, and Tunics: St. Lawrence and Other Martyrs
  21. Index
  22. About the Contributors