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Stones, bones, and the sacred : essays on material culture and ancient religion in honor of Dennis E. Smith
- Title
- Stones, bones, and the sacred : essays on material culture and ancient religion in honor of Dennis E. Smith / edited by Alan H. Cadwallader.
- Publication
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2016]
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- Description
- xxi, 365 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The world of early Christians was not a world lived in texts; it was a world saturated with material reality and concerns: what, where and when to eat or drink; how to present oneself in the space of bodily life and that of death; how to move from one place to another; what impacted status or the adjudication of legal charges. All these and more controlled so much of life in the ancient world. The Christians were not immune from the impact of these realities. Sometimes they absorbed their surrounds; sometimes they quite explicitly rejected the material practices bearing in on them; frequently they modified the practice and the rationale to create a significant Christian alternative. The collection of essays in this volume come from a range of international scholars who, for all their different interests and critical commitments, are yet united in treasuring research into the Greek and Roman worlds in which Christians sought to make their way. They offer these essays in honor of one who has made a lifetime's work in mining ancient material culture to extract nuggets of insight into early Christian dining practices--Dennis E. Smith. Features: Rich examples of method in the utilization of ancient material culture for biblical interpretation ; Thirteen essays with a response from Dennis E. Smith ; Maps, diagrams, and plates. (Publisher).
- Series Statement
- Early Christianity and its literature ; number 21
- Uniform Title
- Early Christianity and its literature ; no. 21.
- Subjects
- Religion and politics
- Greece > Religion
- Soziale Probleme
- Christians > Miscellanea
- Material culture > Religious aspects > Christianity
- Rome > Religion
- Religion and social problems
- Frühchristentum
- Greece > Antiquities
- Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- Sachkultur
- Sozialstruktur
- Funde
- Religion, Prehistoric
- Gemeindeaufbau
- Religion
- Antike
- Rome > Antiquities
- Australian
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-4397
- ISBN
- 1628371668
- 9781628371666
- 9780884142102
- 0884142108
- LCCN
- 2016956217
- OCLC
- 960031648
- Title
- Stones, bones, and the sacred : essays on material culture and ancient religion in honor of Dennis E. Smith / edited by Alan H. Cadwallader.
- Publisher
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Early Christianity and its literature ; number 21Early Christianity and its literature ; no. 21.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Indexed Term
- Australian
- Added Author
- Cadwallader, Alan H., editor.Smith, Dennis E. (Dennis Edwin), 1944- honouree.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-4397