Hellenic religion and Christianization. c. 370-529 /

Hellenic religion and Christianization. c. 370-529 / Volume I :

This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529. It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacri...

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Main Author: Trombley, Frank R.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 115/1.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

Subjects:

30 - 600
Christianity and other religions > Greek.
Christianity and other religions > Roman.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Greeks > Religion.
Interfaith relations.
Religion.
Romans > Religion.
Rome > Religion.
Greece > Religion.
Middle East > Religion.
Egypt > Religion.
Egypt.
Greece.
Middle East.
Rome (Empire)

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Call Number: BR128.G8 T76 1995

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Summary:This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529. It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacrifice and sorcery, temple conversions, the degradation of pagan gods into daimones , the christianization of rite, and the social, political and economic background of conversion to Christianity. Several local contexts are examined in great detail: Gaza, Athens, Alexandria, Aphrodisias, central Asia Minor, northern Syria, the Nile basin, and the province of Arabia. It lays particular emphasis on the criticism of epigraphy, legal evidence, and hagiographic texts, and traces the demographic growth of Christianity and the chronology of this process in select local contexts. It also seeks to understand the behavioral patterns of conversion.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004276772
ISSN:0927-7633 ;
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