Memory in ancient Rome and early Christianity / edited by Karl Galinsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Galinsky, Karl, 1942-2024, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory--Social aspects.

Memory.

Memory in art.

Memory in literature.

Memory--Religious aspects.

Collective memory.

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

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Rome--Religion.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Religion.

Physical Description:

xiv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

What and how do people remember: Who controls the process of what we call cultural or social memory? What is forgotten and why? People's memories are not the same as history written in retrospect; they are malleable and an ongoing process of construction and reconstruction. Ancient Rome provided much or the cultural framework for early Christianity, and in both the role of memory was pervasive. Memory- in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity presents perspectives from an international and interdisciplinary range of contributors on the literature, history, archaeology, and religion of a major world civilization, based on an informed engagement with important concepts and issues in memory studies. Moving beyond terms such as 'collective', 'social', and 'cultural memory' as standard tropes, the volume offers a selective exploration of the wealth of topics which comprise memory studies, and also features a contribution from a leading neuroscientist on the actual workings of the human memory. It is an important resource for anyone interested in Roman antiquity, the beginnings of Christianity, and the role of memory in history. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Memory and Roman Writers

1 Memory as Motive in Tacitus / Alain M. Gowing Gowing, Alain M. 43

2 Forgetful Theseus and Mindful Aeneas in Catullus 64 and Aeneid 4 / Brigitte B. Libby Libby, Brigitte B. 65

3 Knowledge of Religion in Valerius Maximus' Exempla: Roman Historiography and Tiberian Memory Culture / Jörg Rüpke Rüpke, Jörg 89

Part II Memory and Roman Emperors

4 Augustan Reconstruction and Roman Memory / Eric Orlin Orlin, Eric 115

5 Qualis Artifex Pereo: The Generation of Roman Memories of Nero / Charles W. Hedrick Hedrick, Charles W. 145

Part III Roman Honorific Statues: Memory or Just Honour?

6 In the Web of (Hi-)Stories: Memoria, Monuments, and Their Myth-Historical 'Interconnectedness' / Karl-J. Hölkeskamp Hölkeskamp, Karl-J. 169

7 Marius, Sulla, and the War over Monumental Memory and Public Space / Elke Stein-Hölkeskamp Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke 214

8 Monuments, Memory, and Status Recognition in Roman Asia Minor / Diana Y. Ng Ng, Diana Y. 235

Part IV Memory in Roman Religion and Early Christianity

9 The Crafting of Memory in Late Roman Mortuary Spaces / Nicola Denzey Lewis Lewis, Nicola Denzey 263

10 Memory, Performance, and the Sayings of Jesus / John S. Kloppenborg Kloppenborg, John S. 286

11 Sweet Memory: Archaeological Evidence of Jesus in Jerusalem / Jodi Magness Magness, Jodi 324

12 Moving Peter to Rome: Social Memory and Ritualized Space After 70 CE / Milton Moreland Moreland, Milton 344

Part V A Perspective from Neuropsychology

13 The Neuroscience of Memory / Ann-Kathrin Stock Stock, Ann-Kathrin, Hannah Gajsar Gajsar, Hannah, Onur Güntürkün Güntürkün, Onur 369.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780198744764

0198744765

OCLC:

935450039