Tracing the Bridegroom in Dura : the bridal initiation service of the Dura-Europos Christian baptistery as early evidence of the use of images in Christian and Byzantine worship / Gerasimos P. Pagoulatos.
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Tracing the Bridegroom in Dura : the bridal initiation service of the Dura-Europos Christian baptistery as early evidence of the use of images in Christian and Byzantine worship / Gerasimos P. Pagoulatos.
Machine derived contents note: Table Of Contents -- Table of Contents v -- List of Illustrations vii -- Foreword ix -- Acknowledgments xi -- Prologue xv -- 1 Introduction: The Eleventh-Century Christ the Bridegroom Service and the Problem of Its Origins 21 -- 2 Introducing the Third-Century Dura-Europos Christian Baptistery Service 29 -- 1. Initial Remarks 29 -- 2. The Dura-Europos Christian House and Its Baptistery 32 -- a. The Discovery 32 -- b. The Christian House 32 -- c. The Baptistery 34 -- 3. Literature Review 38 -- a. The Mystery of the Bridal Chamber 38 -- b. Scholarship on the Baptistery 43 -- 4. Scholars¿ Views on Images in Ancient and Byzantine Christianity 48 -- 5. Perspectives for a Fresh Understanding of the Dura-Europos Baptistery Service 51 -- 3 Images and Worship in Antiquity 57 -- 1. The Place of Images in the Pagan World 57 -- 2. The Place of Images in Pre-Constantian Christianity 63 -- 4 ?he Bridal Initiation Service of the Dura-Europos Christian House Baptistery 71 -- 1. The Nature of the Liturgical Space of the Dura-Europos Christian Baptistery 72 -- a. The Baptistery as a Space of Christ¿s Epiphany 72 -- b. The Unity of Space and Ritual in the Baptistery 84 -- c. The Eschata (End of Time) Experienced in the Service of the Baptistery 85 -- d. The Baptistery as a Space of Divine Light 86 -- e. The Personal Character of the Participant¿s Union with Christ in the Service of the Baptistery 87 -- f. The Gates in the Service of the Baptistery: Meaning and Function 92 -- 2. The Initiation Bridal Service of the Dura-Europos Christian House Baptistery 96 -- a. The Epistemology of the Dura-Europos Baptistery Service 96 -- b. The Anthropology of the Dura-Europos Baptistery Service 102 -- c. Reconstructing the Initiation Bridal Service of the Dura Baptistery 106 -- 5 Conclusion 119 -- Selected Bibliography 133 -- I. Primary Sources. 133 -- II. Secondary Sources. 134 -- A. General. 134 -- B. Theology. 135 -- C. Liturgy. 137 -- D. Art. 138.