From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity Hardcover - 2008
by Stephen Emmel; Johannes Hahn (Editor); Ulrich Gotter (Editor)
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Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of late antique change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception. Contemporaries were aware of these eventsa (TM) far-reaching symbolic significance and of their immediate impact as demonstrations of political power and religious conviction. Joined in any a oetemple-destructiona are the meaning of the monument, actions taken, and subsequent literary discourse. Paradigms of perception, specific interests, and forms of expression of quite various protagonists clashed. Archaeologists, historians, and historians of religion illuminate a oetemple-destructiona from different perspectives, analysing local configurations within larger contexts, both regional and imperial, in order to find an appropriate larger perspective on this phenomenon within the late antique movement a oefrom temple to churcha .
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- Title From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity
- Author Stephen Emmel; Johannes Hahn (Editor); Ulrich Gotter (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 392
- Volumes 1
- Language GER
- Publisher Brill
- Date 2008-10
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9789004131415 / 9004131418
- Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.3 in (24.13 x 16.26 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008009740
- Dewey Decimal Code 261.22
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2009, Page 25
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