"For salvation's sake" : provincial loyalty, personal religion, and epigraphic production in the Roman and late antique Near East / Jason Moralee.

By:

Moralee, Jason, 1973-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in classicsPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 244 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0203485319
9780203485316
9780415967785
0415967783
9786610231997
6610231990
9781135885595
1135885591
9781135885540
1135885540
9781135885588
1135885583
1280231998
9781280231995

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: "For salvation's sake".DDC classification:

939/.405 22

LOC classification:

DS62 .M58 2004eb

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Contents:

The salutary ideology -- The reception of the salutary ideology in the Near East -- The demise and transformation of the salutary ideology -- Pagan, Christian, and Jewish dedications for personal salvation -- Localizing provincial loyalty and personal religion : three case studies.

Summary: Based on a thorough study of nearly 400 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, this book shows how the formula 'for salvation's sake' was fundamental to political, social and religious life in the Near East.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index.

Based on a thorough study of nearly 400 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, this book shows how the formula 'for salvation's sake' was fundamental to political, social and religious life in the Near East.