Religion & Power: Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greek East Hardcover - 1996 - 1st Edition
by Douglas R. Edwards
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This book contributes to the small but growing body of literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Douglas Edwards focuses on the eastern "Greek" provinces in the first and second centuries C.E. - the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous other religions and cults exploded across the Roman Empire. His purpose is to show how the local elite classes appropriated and manipulated mythic and religious images and practices to establish and consolidate their social, political, and economic power. Edwards considers both archaeological and literary evidence. He examines coins, epigraphy, statuary, building complexes, mosaics, and paintings from across Asia Minor and Syria-Palestine looking for evidence of sponsorship by local elites and the meaning of such sponsorship. On the literary side, Edwards selects one representative figure from each of the three major religio-cultural traditions: the Greek writer, Chariton of Aphrodisias; the Jewish historian, Josephus; and the Christian evangelist, the author of Luke-Acts. He illustrates how each writer's use of religion reflects the interaction of local elite groups with the "web of power" that existed in political, cultural, and social spheres of the Roman Empire.
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- Title Religion & Power: Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greek East
- Author Douglas R. Edwards
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 248
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY
- Date 1996-09-12
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780195082630 / 019508263X
- Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9.56 x 6.33 x 0.82 in (24.28 x 16.08 x 2.08 cm)
- Reading level 1640
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress subjects Church history - Primitive and early church,, Power (Social sciences) - Rome
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95035320
- Dewey Decimal Code 291.093
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