From Idols to Icons: The Emergence of Christian Devotional Images in Late Antiquity (Volume 12) (Christianity in Late Antiquity) 9780520345423, 9780520975736, 2021056653, 2021056654, 0520345428

From Idols to Icons: The Emergence of Christian Devotional Images in Late Antiquity 9780520975736

Even the briefest glance at an art museum’s holdings or an introductory history textbook demonstrates the profound influ

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Christian Divination in Late Antiquity 9789048541010

In Late Antiquity, people commonly sought to acquire knowledge about the past, the present, and the future, using a vari

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Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity 9780271093390

In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the h

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Epiphanius of Cyprus: A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity (Volume 2) (Christianity in Late Antiquity) 9780520291126, 9780520964983, 2015048170, 2015050963, 0520291123

Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus from 367 to 403 C.E., was incredibly influential in the last decades of the f

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Incorruptible Bodies: Christology, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity (Volume 1) (Christianity in Late Antiquity) 9780520289994, 9780520964341, 2015035769, 0520289994

In the early sixth-century eastern Roman empire, anti-Chalcedonian leaders Severus of Antioch and Julian of Halicarnassu

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Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity (Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity) [1 ed.] 1138340952, 9781138340954

Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged wit

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Late Antiquity

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From shame to sin: the Christian transformation of sexual morality in late antiquity 9780674660014, 9780674074569, 9780674072770

When Rome was at its height, an emperor’s male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empi

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Jewish and Christian Cosmogony in Late Antiquity 3161519930, 9783161519932

The authors of this collection of essays explore different ways that ancient Jews and Christians understood the world�

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The memory of the eyes: pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity 9780520222052, 9780520924352

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