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Religion in Roman Egypt : assimilation and resistance
- Title
- Religion in Roman Egypt : assimilation and resistance / David Frankfurter.
- Author
- Frankfurter, David, 1961-
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
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- Description
- xvi, 314 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This exploration of cultural resilience examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion (roughly 100 to 600 C.E.). Taking into account the full range of witnesses to continuing native piety - from papyri and saints' lives to archaeology and terra-cotta figurines - and drawing on anthropological studies of folk religion, David Frankfurter argues that the religion of Pharaonic Egypt did not die out as early as has been supposed but was instead relegated from political centers to village and home, where it continued a vigorous existence for centuries."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Mythos : the Princeton /Bollingen series in world mythology
- Uniform Title
- Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)
- Subject
- 332 B.C.-640 A.D
- Christianity and other religions > Egyptian
- 11.11 Egyptian religion
- Religion
- Christianity
- Egyptians > Religion
- Interfaith relations
- Egyptische godsdienst
- Romeinse oudheid
- Romans > Egypt
- Egypte > Religion > 332 av. J.-C.-640
- Christianisme > Religion égyptienne
- Egypt > Religion > 332 B.C.-640 A.D
- Egypt
- Egypt > Religion > Roman influences. > 332 B.C.-640 A.D
- Égypte > Religion
- Égypte > 332 av. J.-C.-640 (période gréco-romaine)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-306) and index.
- Contents
- Overture: The Armor of Horus -- Religion and Temples -- The Local Scope of Religious Belief -- Mutations of the Egyptian Oracle -- Priest to Magician: Evolving Modes of Religious Authority -- The Scriptorium as Crucible of Religious Change -- Idiom, Ideology, and Iconoclasm: A Prolegomenon to the Conversion of Egypt.
- ISBN
- 0691026858
- 9780691026855
- 0691070547
- 9780691070544
- LCCN
- 97049576
- OCLC
- ocm37975590
- 37975590
- SCSB-414011
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library