Associations, synagogues, and congregations : claiming a place in ancient Mediterranean society / Philip A. Harland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harland, Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--ca. 30-100.

Church history.

Religious gatherings--Christianity--Middle East.

Religious gatherings.

Religious gatherings--Christianity.

Christianity and other religions.

Middle East.

Christianity and other religions--Middle East--Roman.

Associations, institutions, etc--Rome--History.

Associations, institutions, etc.

Rome--Colonies--Asia.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Colonies.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xv, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2003]

Contents:

Part 1 Associations in Roman Asia

1. Associations and Guilds: Varieties and Social Makeup 25

2. Internal Activities and Purposes: Honoring the Gods, Feasting with Friends 55

3. Associations in Civic Context: Symptoms of Decline or Participants in Vitality? 89

Part 2 Imperial Cults and Connections Among Associations

4. Imperial Gods within Religious Life: Cultic Honors 115

5. Positive Interaction: Imperial Connections and Monumental Honors 137

6. Tensions in Perspective: Civic Disturbances and Official Intervention 161

Part 3 Synagogues and Congregations within Society

7. Comparing Socioreligious Groups in Antiquity 177

8. Positive Interaction: Jews, Christians, and Imperial Honors in the Greek City 213

9. Tensions in Perspective: Imperial Cults, Persecution, and the Apocalypse of John 239

Appendix Some Dionysiac Associations 271

1. Epigraphic and Papyrological Collections 313

2. Ancient Literary Sources 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-378) and index.

ISBN:

0800635892

OCLC:

52473678