Rome and religion : a cross-disciplinary dialogue on the imperial cult / edited by Jeffrey Brodd and Jonathan L. Reed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brodd, Jeffrey.

Reed, Jonathan L.

Series:

Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series ; v. 5.

Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Religion.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Religion.

Emperor worship--Rome.

Emperor worship.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2011]

Summary:

The 15 papers in this collection are the print version of a dialogue that took place over the course of a year at Society meetings in 2008 in Boston and 2009 in Rome and New Orleans. Scholars of religion, The Bible, classics, and art look at Roman imperial religion from perspectives of methodological and theoretical issues, specific sites, Christian and Jewish engagement, and prospects and responses. Among the topics are whether the cult of the emperor united or divided, Augustan religion from locative to utopian, embedding Rome in Athens, the emperor as Christ and Christian iconography, and in the shadow or not of the imperial cult. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the hardbound. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part 1. Methodological and theoretical issues. The cult of the Roman Emperor : uniter or divider? / Karl Galinsky

Normal religion, or, words fail us : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman Emperor : uniter or divider?" / Steven J. Friesen

To complicate encounters : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman Emperor : uniter or divider?" / James Constantine Hanges

Religion, Roman religion, Emperor worship / Jeffrey Brodd

Augustan religion : from locative to Utopian / Eric M. Orlin

Part 2. The imperial cult at specific sites. Imperial cult in Roman Corinth : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman Emperor : uniter or divider?" / Barbette Stanley Spaeth

Embedding Rome in Athens / Nancy Evans

Honoring Trajan in Pergamum : imperial temples in the "Second city" / Daniel N. Schowalter

Searching for Rome and the imperial cult in Gailee : reassessing Galilee-Rome relations (63 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.) / James S. McLaren

Part 3. Christian and Jewish engagement. Roman imperial power : a perspective from the New Testament / Warren Carter

The Emperor as Christ and Christian iconography / Robin M. Jensen

Capitalizing on the imperial cult : some Jewish perspectives / L. Michael White

Part 4. Prospects and responses. In the shadow (or not) of the imperial cult : a cooperative agenda / Karl Galinsky

Response to Karl Galinsky, "In the shadow (or not) of the imperial cult : a cooperative agenda" / H. Gregory Snyder

Response to Galinsky, White, and Carter / Nancy Evans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589836129

158983612X

9781589836136

1589836138

OCLC:

747018954