Religious texts and material contexts / edited by Jacob Neusner, James F. Strange.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016

Strange, James F.

Series:

Studies in ancient Judaism (University Press of America)

Studies in ancient Judaism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology and religion--Congresses.

Archaeology and religion.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 319 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : University Press of America, [2001]

Summary:

No problem so vexes learning as how to balance the claims of the written record of humanity against the actualities of man's material detritus. Religious Texts and Material Contexts brings together scholars of the written record and those of the material realm beyond, especially those working in the academic study of religion. This book examines the relationship between archaeology and text-scholarship through religion featuring cases of archaeology supported and not supported by written evidence.

Contents:

Ancient Israel and Classical Rome

1. A Near Eastern Ethnic Element Among the Etruscan Elite / Jodi Magness 3

Christianity

2. The Archaeology of Religion at Capernaum, Synagogue and Church / James F. Strange 43

3. From Economic Culture to Theological Interpretation: Nazareth, Capernaum, and Jerusalem as Environments of Jesus' Teaching / Bruce D. Chilton 63

4. Portraying the Temple in Stone and Text: The Arch of Titus and the Epistle to the Hebrews / Ellen Aitken 73

5. Christianity: The Fourth Century Christian Basilica / James R. Strange 89

Judaism

6. It Takes a Village: Preliminary Reflections on Yodefat in the History of Judaism / William Scott Green 141

7. The Synagogue in Law: What the Texts Lead Us to Expect to Find / Jacob Neusner 151

Neusner's Tannaitic Synagogue in the Light of Philology & Archaeology: Response to Jacob Neusner, "The Synagogue in Law" / Mayer I. Gruber 175

Islam

8. Archaeological Evidence of the Early Mosque in Arabia / Donald Whitcomb 185

9. Towards Islamic Archaeology / Katherine Strange 199

Asian Religions/Hinduism

10. Lighting the Lamps of Ghee: Inscriptions and the Reconstruction of Medieval Hinduism / Richard H. Davis 219

Response to Richard Davis' "Lighting Lamps of Ghee: Inscriptions and the Reconstruction of Medieval Hinduism" / Bob Easton-Waller 245

North American Religions

11. Ancient Maya Religious Practices: Evidence from Excavation, Epigraphy, and Art / Traci Ardren 251

12. Violent Stones and the Great Aztec Temple: The Imagination of Matter in the City of Sacrifice / David Carrasco 275

13. Anglican Church-Building and the Problem of Textual Interpretation / Peter Williams 295

The Social Meanings of Church Buildings: A Response to Peter W. Williams / Danny Jorgensen 315.

Notes:

Papers delivered at a conference held Feb. 24-25, 2001 at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0761820620

OCLC:

46959875