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1 online resource (xx, 336 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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Routledge monographs in classical studies |
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Routledge monographs in classical studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Daniel Charles Smith, Nathan Leach, and Tony Keddie -- Selected publications of Steven J. Friesen -- Apocalypse beyond dualism : connectivity and metamorphose among modes of existence / Paulo Augusto De Souza Nogueira -- Reading enslavement in Revelation / Lynn R. Huber -- Disabling the Laodikean Assembly : power of sight as site of power in Revelation 3:14- 22 / Daniel Charles Smith -- Paul and the 'other' in Revelation's Letters to the Seven Churches revisited / Geoffrey S. Smith -- Subversive consumption : Revelation's food discourse within Roman narratives of invasive foreignness / Nathan Leach -- Blood sacrifice in Revelation and Roman Asia : encoding and decoding embodied experience / Tony Keddie -- (Inc)sensing Revelation : incense, senses, and the agency of incense utensils in the Apocalypse of John / Dominika Kurek-Chomycz -- The institutional function of the Agora and its relevance to New Testament studies : a new institutional economics approach to the Athenian Agora and the New Testament / Alex Hon Ho Ip -- Disposable or transforming body? 1 Cor 15:35-57 in the context of gladiatorial games in Ancient Corinth / Jin Young Kim -- The terrace houses at Ephesos, domestic religion, and Pauline discourses of space / Christine Thomas -- 'We're going to need a bigger altar!' Evidence for a massive sacrifice of young sheep/goats at Omrit in Northern Israel / Daniel N. Schowalter -- Untempled altars : ritualized space beyond the Temenos in Ancient Priene / Adeline Harrington -- Hera in the North-Eastern Peloponnese : cult epithets as containers of cultural memory / Jorunn Økland -- The lust for recognition and influence : Laodikeia and the quest for Neokorate status / Alan H. Cadwallader -- Vibrant pomegranates : urbanism and new materialism in Ancient Side / Jaimie Gunderson -- Problematizing the 'discovery' of Pepouza and Tymion / Caroline Crews -- Partaking of the death-proclaiming meal for life : re-reading 1 Cor 11:17-34 from the lens of post-traumatic growth / Ma. Marilou S. Ibita. |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays from a diverse group of internationally recognized scholars builds on the work of Steven J. Friesen to analyze the material and ideological dimensions of John's Apocalypse and the religious landscape of the Roman East. Readers will gain new perspectives on the interpretation of John's Apocalypse, the religion of Hellenistic cities in the Roman Empire, and the political and economic forces that shaped life in the Eastern Mediterranean. The chapters in this volume examine texts and material culture within carefully localized analysis while attending to their ideological and socio-economic contexts, expanding upon aspects of Friesen's research and methodology while also forging new directions. The book brings together a diverse and international set of experts including emerging voices in the fields of biblical studies, Roman social history, and classical archaeology, and each essay presents fresh, critically informed analysis of key sites and texts from the periods of Christian origins and Roman imperial rule. Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East is of interest to students and scholars working on Christian origins, ancient Judaism, Roman religion, classical archaeology, and the social history of the Roman Empire, as well as material religion in the ancient Mediterranean more broadly. It is also suitable for religious practitioners within Christian contexts"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Nathan Leach is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at Texas State University at San Marcos. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research analyzes the Revelation of John as part of the wider social landscape of divinatory rituals. Daniel Charles Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at Whitman College. He earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2022. His research investigates how imperial and material processes shaped religion in the Roman Empire, including the Apocalypse of John. Tony Keddie is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Fellow of the Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also received his Ph.D. He researches the intersections of religion and labor among Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 05, 2023). |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Friesen, Steven J.
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Bible -- History of contemporary events.
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Bible. Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Corinthians, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible.
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Bible. Corinthians, 1st.
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Bible. Revelation.
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Material culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Rome -- Religion -- Middle Eastern influences.
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Middle East -- Religious life and customs.
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Corinth (Greece) -- Religious life and customs.
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HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
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RELIGION / Bible / Study / New Testament.
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History of contemporary events.
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Material culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Greece -- Corinth.
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Middle East.
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Rome (Empire)
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Leach, Nathan, editor.
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Smith, Daniel Charles, editor.
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Keddie, G. Anthony, editor.
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Friesen, Steven J., honoree.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Revelation and material religion in the Roman East Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 9781032382678 (DLC) 2023027357 |
| ISBN |
9781003344247 electronic book |
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1003344240 electronic book |
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9781003801818 electronic book |
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1003801811 electronic book |
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1003800416 electronic book |
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9781003800415 (electronic book) |
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9781032382678 hardcover |
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9781032382685 paperback |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003344247 doi |
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