Name: Religious Identity in Late Antiquity Hardback: Greeks, Jews and Christians in Antioch (Greek Culture in the Roman World)
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Author: Isabella Sandwell; Isabella Rotman
ISBN: 9780521879156

portada Religious Identity in Late Antiquity Hardback: Greeks, Jews and Christians in Antioch (Greek Culture in the Roman World)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Isabella Sandwell

Isabella Rotman

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

310

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.8 x 16.1 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.67 kg.

ISBN

0521879159

ISBN13

9780521879156

Edition No.

Synopsis "Religious Identity in Late Antiquity Hardback: Greeks, Jews and Christians in Antioch (Greek Culture in the Roman World)"

Studies of religious interaction in the fourth century AD have often assumed that the categories of 'pagan', 'Christian' and 'Jew' can be straightforwardly applied, and that we can assess the extent of Christianization in the Graeco-Roman period. In contrast, in this text, Dr Sandwell tackles the fundamental question of attitudes to religious identity by exploring how the Christian preacher John Chrysostom and the Graeco-Roman orator Libanius wrote about and understood issues of religious allegiance. By comparing the approaches of these men, who were living and working in Antioch at approximately the same time, she strives to get inside the process of religious interaction in a way not normally possible due to the dominance of Christian sources. In so doing she develops approaches to the study of Libanius' religion, the impact of John Chrysostom's preaching on his audiences and the importance of religious identity to fourth-century individuals.

Isabella Rotman

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Isabella Rotman es una dibujante e ilustradora que vive y dibuja en Maine. Su arte suele ser sobre el océano, las mujeres, la soledad aplastante, la gente en el bosque o el sexo. Isabella es la creadora de This Might Hurt Tarot, una baraja de tarot moderna y queer de 78 cartas basada en el cubierta histórica de Rider-Waite-Smith.

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