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Death in the eastern Mediterranean (50-600 A.D.) : the Christianization of the East : an interpretation / Antigone Samellas.
Penn Museum Library GT3170 .S26 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samellas, Antigone, 1966-
- Series:
- Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum ; 12.
- Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
- Christianity--Mediterranean Region--Influence.
- Christianity.
- Death--Religious aspects.
- Death.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Eschatology, Ancient.
- Christianity and culture--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Christianity and culture.
- History.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Physical Description:
- x, 378 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2002]
- Summary:
- Antigone Samellas examines the modes of reception of Jesus' message of salvation. She explores the Greek and Jewish influence on Christian eschatology and traces the Hellenistic roots of Christian consolation philosophy. The author examines Christianity as a 'total therapy of grief' and highlights the differences that existed between the religious cures and the Hellenistic philosophical therapies. To gain a better understanding of the process of conversion to the new faith Antigone Samellas also investigates which aspects of Christianity were appealing and which repugnant in the eyes of pagans and Jews. Finally, she attempts to convey something of the wisdom of the East, in all its cultural and religious nuances, to the modern reader.
- Notes:
- Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-338) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 3161476689
- OCLC:
- 49774983
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