Commemorating the dead : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials /
Commemorating the dead : texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials /
edited by Laurie Brink and Deborah Green ; with an introduction by Richard Saller.
- Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2008.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 386 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-378) and index.
An overview of the intellectual history of catacomb archaeology / Amy K. Hirschfeld -- Housing the dead / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- Commemorating the dead in the communal cemeteries of Carthage / Susan T. Stevens -- Dining with the dead / Robin M. Jensen -- Sweet spices in the tomb / Deborah Green -- From Columbaria to catacombs / John Bodel -- Roman and Christian burial practices and the patronage of women / Carolyn Osiek -- From Endymion in Roman domus to Jonah in Christian catacombs / David Balch -- Looking for Abericus / Margaret M. Mitchell.
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The distinctions and similarities among Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials can provide evidence of social networks, family life, and, perhaps, religious sensibilities. Is the Roman development from columbaria to catacombs the result of evolving religious identities or simply a matter of a change in burial fashions? Do the material remains from Jewish burials evidence an adherence to ancient customs, or the adaptation of rituals from surrounding cultures? What Greco-Roman funerary images were taken over and "baptized" as Christian ones? The answers to these and other questions require that the material culture be viewed, whenever possible, in situ, through multiple disciplinary lenses and in light of ancient texts. Roman historians (John Bodel, Richard Saller, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill), archaeologists (Susan Stevens, Amy Hirschfeld), scholars of rabbinic period Judaism (Deborah Green), Christian history (Robin M. Jensen), and the New Testament (David Balch, Laurie Brink, O.P., Margaret M. Mitchell, Carolyn Osiek, R.S.C.J.) engaged in a research trip to Rome and Tunisia to investigate imperial period burials first hand. Commemorting the Dead is the result of a three year scholarly conversation on their findings.
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2010.
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In English.
9783110211573 (electronic bk.) 3110211572 (electronic bk.) 1281999393 9781281999399
10.1515/9783110211573 doi
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Burial.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rome.
Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Funeral service.
Burial
Funeral Rites
Sépulture.
Funérailles--Rites et cérémonies juifs.
Funérailles--Rites et cérémonies.
Service funèbre.
funerals.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Death & Dying.
Burial.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Funeral service.
Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.
Christentum
Judentum
Bestattung
Totenkult
Graven (begraafplaats)
Grafschriften.
Grafgiften.
Joden.
Romeinen (volk)
Christenen.
Klassieke oudheid.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
BL619.F85 / C66 2008eb
393/.10937
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-378) and index.
An overview of the intellectual history of catacomb archaeology / Amy K. Hirschfeld -- Housing the dead / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- Commemorating the dead in the communal cemeteries of Carthage / Susan T. Stevens -- Dining with the dead / Robin M. Jensen -- Sweet spices in the tomb / Deborah Green -- From Columbaria to catacombs / John Bodel -- Roman and Christian burial practices and the patronage of women / Carolyn Osiek -- From Endymion in Roman domus to Jonah in Christian catacombs / David Balch -- Looking for Abericus / Margaret M. Mitchell.
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The distinctions and similarities among Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials can provide evidence of social networks, family life, and, perhaps, religious sensibilities. Is the Roman development from columbaria to catacombs the result of evolving religious identities or simply a matter of a change in burial fashions? Do the material remains from Jewish burials evidence an adherence to ancient customs, or the adaptation of rituals from surrounding cultures? What Greco-Roman funerary images were taken over and "baptized" as Christian ones? The answers to these and other questions require that the material culture be viewed, whenever possible, in situ, through multiple disciplinary lenses and in light of ancient texts. Roman historians (John Bodel, Richard Saller, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill), archaeologists (Susan Stevens, Amy Hirschfeld), scholars of rabbinic period Judaism (Deborah Green), Christian history (Robin M. Jensen), and the New Testament (David Balch, Laurie Brink, O.P., Margaret M. Mitchell, Carolyn Osiek, R.S.C.J.) engaged in a research trip to Rome and Tunisia to investigate imperial period burials first hand. Commemorting the Dead is the result of a three year scholarly conversation on their findings.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
In English.
9783110211573 (electronic bk.) 3110211572 (electronic bk.) 1281999393 9781281999399
10.1515/9783110211573 doi
Title subscribed to via ProQuest Academic Complete
Burial.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rome.
Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Funeral service.
Burial
Funeral Rites
Sépulture.
Funérailles--Rites et cérémonies juifs.
Funérailles--Rites et cérémonies.
Service funèbre.
funerals.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Death & Dying.
Burial.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Funeral service.
Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies.
Christentum
Judentum
Bestattung
Totenkult
Graven (begraafplaats)
Grafschriften.
Grafgiften.
Joden.
Romeinen (volk)
Christenen.
Klassieke oudheid.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
BL619.F85 / C66 2008eb
393/.10937