1997, ISBN: 9004096914

[EAN: 9789004096912], Neubuch, [PU: Brill, Netherlands], History|Ancient|Greece, Religion|Antiquities & Archaeology, Religion|Hinduism, Language: English. Brand new Book. This work discus… Altro …

[EAN: 9789004096912], Neubuch, [PU: Brill, Netherlands], History|Ancient|Greece, Religion|Antiquities & Archaeology, Religion|Hinduism, Language: English. Brand new Book. 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.<

ISBN: 9789004096912

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 Jus… Altro …

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. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Philosophy>Philosophy>Philosophy, Brill Academic Publishers, Inc. Core >2 >T<

ISBN: 9789004096912

Hardback, [PU: Brill], This work traces the decline of Greek religion and christianization of the Eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the legislation of Just… Altro …

Hardback, [PU: Brill], This work traces the decline of Greek religion and christianization of the Eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the legislation of Justinian the Great against paganism. It treats both urban and rural affairs, with particular emphasis on interpreting the epigraphy., Ancient Religions & Mythologies<

1995, ISBN: 9789004096912

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Brill], Brill, 1995