The Levant, crossroads of late antiquity :history, religion and archaeology = Le Levant, carrefour de l'antiquite tardive : histoire, religion et archeologie /

The Levant, crossroads of late antiquity :history, religion and archaeology = Le Levant, carrefour de l'antiquite tardive : histoire, religion et archeologie /

The Levant: Crossroads of Late Antiquity. History, Religion, and Archaeology / Le Levant: Carrefour de l'Antiquité tardive explores the monumental, religious, and social developments that took place in the Roman province of Syria during the Third through 6th centuries CE. Ellen Bradshaw Aitken...

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Other Authors: Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-, Fossey, John M., Kellaris, George., Keiser, Jeffrey., Bailey, Ryan., Gauvin, Ginette.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2014.

Series: McGill University Monographs in Classical Archaeology and History 22.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262430.

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Syria > History > 333 B.C.-634 A.D.
Syria > Religion.
Syria > Church history.
Syria > Antiquities.

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Call Number: DS96.2 .L48 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter /
  • Ellen Bradshaw Aitken and John M. Fossey
  • Hearing God's Silence: Ignatius of Antiokheia and the Music of the Spheres /
  • Jeffrey Keiser
  • The Beauty of Jesus and His Twin: Redirected Erotics in the Acts of Thomas /
  • Catherine Playoust
  • The Varieties of Religious Communication in the Rhetoric of Loukianos of Samosata /
  • Ian H. Henderson
  • "One Drop of Salvation from the House of Majesty": Universal Revelation, Human Mission and Mythical Geography in the Syriac Revelation of the Magi /
  • Brent Landau
  • On Recycling Texts and Traditions: The Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions and Religious Life in Fourth-Century Syria /
  • Nicole Kelley
  • The Apostolic Constitutions and the Law /
  • Marcie Lenk
  • Space and Ritual Action: Divinization and the Construction of Sacred Place According to Dionysios Areopagites /
  • Rebecca Coughlin
  • The Rhetorical Topography of Prayer in the Mystical Theology of Pseudo-Dionysios /
  • Rachel Smith
  • La christianisation de l'Antiochène dans l'Antiquité tardive /
  • Pierre-Louis Gatier
  • Was Edessa or Adiabene the Gateway for the Christianization of Mesopotamia? /
  • Amir Harrak
  • From Kastron to Qaṣr: Nessana between Byzantium and the Umayyad Caliphate circa 602-689. Demographic and Microeconomic Aspects of Palaestina III in Interregional Perspective /
  • Frank R. Trombley
  • Palmyre, de la ville - centre commercial international - à la ville - centre militaire et chrétien /
  • Christiane Delplace
  • Ras el Bassit and the Late Antique Archaeological Landscape of Coastal North Syria /
  • Nicolas Beaudry
  • Rome and the Ghassānids: Comparative Perspectives on Conversion, Boundaries and Power in Near Eastern Borderlands /
  • Greg Fisher
  • Crossroads in the Desert /
  • John Wortley
  • Unity and Individuality: Reflections on Images of Animals from South Syria in the Roman Imperial Period /
  • Felicia Meynersen
  • Management and Preservation of Mosaics in Syria: Between Theory and Practice /
  • Amr Al-Azm
  • Barrer la route au Malin: une typologie des stratégies utilisées. Images et signes à fonctionnement sécuritaire sur support fixe dans l'Antiquité tardive /
  • Pauline Donceel-Voûte
  • Contribution de la mosaïque syrienne à l'iconographie chrétienne /
  • Rafah Jwejati
  • Thoughts on the Meaning of a "Decorative" Early Christian Mosaic /
  • George Kellaris
  • Summation /
  • Ellen Bradshaw Aitken
  • Conclusion /
  • Ellen Bradshaw Aitken
  • Indices / Registres /
  • Ellen Bradshaw Aitken and John M. Fossey.