The Levant: Crossroads of Late Antiquity. History, Religion and Archaeology ：Le Levant: Carrefour de l'antiquité Tardive. Histoire, religion et archéologie ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Le Levant: Carrefour de l'antiquité Tardive. Histoire, religion et archéologie

Publication series ：1

Author： Aitken   Ellen Bradshaw;Fossey   John M.  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9789004258273

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004258266

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004258266

Subject： K376.2 ~ Ancient history (. 640)

Keyword： 世界史

Language： ENG

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The Levant: Crossroads of Late Antiquity. History, Religion, and Archaeology explores through texts and material culture the religious and social developments in the Roman province of Syria during the 3rd through 6th centuries C.E., including the shaping of early Christianity.

Chapter

Contents / Table des matieres

List of Figures / Liste des illustrations

Preface

Opening Letter to the Conference by His Beatitude Gregory III

Preface

La lettre d'ouverture de la conference de Sa Beatitude Gregoire III

SECTION I. LITERATURE AND THEOLOGY / LITERATURE ET THEOLOGIE

Hearing God's Silence: Ignatius of Antiokheia and the Music of the Spheres

The Beauty of Jesus and His Twin: Redirected Erotics in the Acts of Thomas

The Varieties of Religious Communication in the Rhetoric of Loukianos of Samosata

"One Drop of Salvation from the House of Majesty": Universal Revelation, Human Mission, and Mythical Geography in the Syriac Revelation of the Magi

On Recycling Texts and Traditions: The Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions and Religious Life in Fourth-Century Syria

The Apostolic Constitutions and the Law

Space and Ritual Action: Divinization and the Construction of Sacred Place According to Dionysios Areopagites

The Rhetorical Topography of Prayer in the Mystical Theology of Pseudo-Dionysios

SECTION II. HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY / HISTOIRE ET ARCHEOLOGIE

La christianisation de l'Antiochene dans l'Antiquite tardive

Was Edessa or Adiabene the Gateway for the Christianization of Mesopotamia?

From Kastron to Qasr: Nessana between Byzantium and the Umayyad Caliphate ca. 602-689. Demographic and Microeconomic Aspects of Palaestina III in Interregional Perspective

Palmyre, de la ville - centre commercial international - a la ville - centre militaire et chretien

Ras el Bassit and the Late Antique Archaeological Landscape of Coastal North Syria

Rome and the Ghassanids: Comparative Perspectives on Conversion, Boundaries and Power in Near Eastern Borderlands

Crossroads in the Desert

Unity and Individuality: Reflections on Images of Animals from South Syria in the Roman Imperial Period

SECTION III. THE MOSAICS / LES MOSAIQUES

Management and Preservation of Mosaics in Syria: Between Theory and Practice

Barrer la route au Malin: une typologie des strategies utilisees. Images et signes a fonctionnement securitaire sur support fixe dans l'Antiquite tardive

Contribution de la mosaique syrienne a l'iconographie chretienne

Thoughts on the Meaning of a "Decorative" Early Christian Mosaic

Summation

Conclusion

Indices / Registres

Personal Names / Noms de personnes

Place Names / Toponymes

Ancient Texts / Textes anciens

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