Commemorating the Dead: Texts and Artifacts in Context. Studies of Roman, Jewish and Christian Burials - Hardcover

 
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Synopsis

Commemorating the Dead analyzes and interprets the material remains of Roman period burials in light of ancient texts. Is the move from columbaria to catacombs the result of evolving religious identities or simply a matter of a change in fashions? What Greco-Roman and Jewish funerary images were "baptized" as Christian ones? In Commemorating the Dead, archaeologists, Roman historians, and scholars of Judaism and Early Christianity engage in a cross-disciplinary conversation on the impact of Roman and Jewish burial customs on the creation of early Christian memorial practices.

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Laurie Brink, O.P., Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Deborah Green, University of Oregon, USA.

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ISBN 10:  3119167274 ISBN 13:  9783119167277
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co, 2008
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