| Commemorating the Dead: Texts and Artifacts in Context. Studies of Roman, Jewish and Christian Burials Contributor(s): Brink, Laurie (Editor), Green, Deborah (Editor), Saller, Richard (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 3110200546 ISBN-13: 9783110200546 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $285.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pharmacology - History | Ancient - Rome - Social Science | Death & Dying |
| Dewey: 615.6 |
| LCCN: 2008001709 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.06 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Middle East - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Commemorating the Dead analyzes and interprets the material remains of Roman period burials in light of ancient texts. Is the move from columbaria to catacombs the result of evolving religious identities or simply a matter of a change in fashions? What Greco-Roman and Jewish funerary images were "baptized" as Christian ones? In Commemorating the Dead, archaeologists, Roman historians, and scholars of Judaism and Early Christianity engage in a cross-disciplinary conversation on the impact of Roman and Jewish burial customs on the creation of early Christian memorial practices. |