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CITY AND SANCTUARY

Religion and Architecture in the Roman Near East

  • Paperback
  • 209 pages
  • Publisher: SCM
  • 12.9 x 19.9 x 1.3 cm

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For scholars interested in ancient architecture and religion

Challenges assumptions about early Byzantine civic life

You will gain new insights into historical urban design

This book explores the interplay of religion and architecture in the early Byzantine Near East.

This volume challenges some common assumptions about the culture of the early Byzantine Near East by examining the architecture and urban design of five cities in that period. The author assesses the various kinds of religious structure found in each city, including cult centres, temples dedicated to the Olympian gods and buildings set aside for mystery religions. He also shows how the effects of these sanctuaries on civic religious life were hugely important and influential, and shaped the way that citizens conceived of their city and of themselves.;This book should be of interest to: scholars and students of the New Testament and of the Hellenistic period; scholars and students of Judaic studies; scholars and students of Classical studies; and non-specialists interested in the life and times of the ancient world.
CITY AND SANCTUARY and Judaism and Christianity in First-Century Rome
Judaism and Christianity in First-Century RomeCITY AND SANCTUARY

  • Title

    CITY AND SANCTUARY

  • Author

    Peter Richardson

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    SCM

  • Published

    October 2002

  • Weight

    237g

  • Page Count

    209

  • Dimensions

    12.9 x 19.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780334028840

  • ISBN-10

    0334028841

  • Eden Code

    117946