Hadrian and the Christians.
Title:
Hadrian and the Christians.
Author:
Rizzi, Marco.
ISBN:
9783110224719
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (192 pages)
Series:
Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies ; v.30
Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Hadrian and the Christians -- Villa Adriana scenario del potere -- La paideia di Adriano: alcune osservazioni sulla valenza politica del culto eroico -- Hadrian, Eleusis, and the beginning of Christian apologetics -- The Bar Kokhba Revolt and Hadrian's Religious Policy -- The pseudo-Hadrianic Epistle in the Historia Augusta and Hadrian's religious policy -- Serapis, Boukoloi and Christians from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius -- Conclusion: Multiple identities in Second century Christianity -- Backmatter.
Abstract:
The book sheds new light on a much debated issue in the field of ancient history: the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire and its relationship with Judaism in the 2nd century. The contributions collected in this volume illustrate from a multidisciplinary perspective (including archaeology, cultural, religious, and political history) how Christianity found a peculiar way of integrating into the transforming empire under Emperor Hadrian. In this way, Christianity gained an increasing place within Roman society, which ultimately opened the door to its affirmation in subsequent centuries.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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