From Temple to Church : Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity.
Title:
From Temple to Church : Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity.
Author:
Hahn, Johannes.
ISBN:
9789047443735
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (392 pages)
Series:
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 163 ; v.163
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 163
Contents:
Contents -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One "From Temple to Church": Analysing a Late Antique Phenomenon of Transformation (Stephen Emmel, Ulrich Gotter and Johannes Hahn) -- Chapter Two Models and Evidence in the Study of Religion in Late Roman Egypt (Roger S. Bagnall) -- Chapter Three Rechtgläubige-Pagane-Häretiker. Templezerstörungen in der Kirchengeschichtsschreibung und das Bild der christlichen Kaiser (Ulrich Gotter) -- Chapter Four From Temple to Cell, from Gods to Demons: Pagan Temples in the Monastic Topography of Fourth-Century Egypt (David Brakke) -- Chapter Five The Christianization of Pagan Temples in the Greek Hagiographical Texts (Helen Saradi) -- Chapter Six Iconoclasm and Christianization in Late Antique Egypt: Christian Treatments of Space and Image (David Frankfurter) -- Chapter Seven Shenoute of Antripe and the Christian Destruction of Temples in Egypt: Rhetoric and Reality (Stephen Emmel) -- Chapter Eight Die Zerstörung der kulte von Philae. Geschichte und Legende am ersten Nilkatarakt (Johannes Hahn) -- Chapter Nine The Conversion of the Temple of Aphrodite at Aphrodisias in Context (Angelos Chaniotis) -- Chapter Ten Continuity and Change in the Cultic Topography of Late Antique Palestine (Doron Bar) -- Chapter Eleven Modalitäten der Zerstörung und Christianisierung pharaonischer Tempelanlagen (Peter Grossmann) -- Chapter Twelve The Conversion of the Cult Statues: The Destruction of the Serapeum 392 A.D. and Loving" City (Johannes Hahn) -- Index of Ancient Sources -- A. Biblical books -- B. Ancient authors and works -- C. Inscriptions and graffi ti -- D. Papyri -- General Index.
Abstract:
Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception in late antiquity. This book illuminates "temple-destruction" from different perspectives, analysing local configurations within larger contexts, both regional and imperial.
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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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