Spaces in late antiquity : cultural, theological and archaeological perspectives / edited by Juliette Day, Raimo Hakola, Maijastina Kahlos and Ulla Tervahauta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Day, Juliette.

Hakola, Raimo.

Kahlos, Maijastina.

Tervahauta, Ulla.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism and culture.

History.

Christianity and culture.

Identification (Religion).

Group identity.

Identity (Psychology).

Sacred space.

Public spaces.

Mediterranean Region--History--476-1517.

Mediterranean Region.

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

Public spaces--History--To 1500.

Sacred space--History--To 1500.

Identity (Psychology)--History--To 1500.

Group identity--History--To 1500.

Identification (Religion)--History--To 1500.

Christianity and culture--History--To 1500.

Judaism and culture--History--To 1500.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2016.

Summary:

"Places and spaces are key factors in how individuals and groups construct their identities. Identity theories have emphasised that the construction of an identity follows abstract and universal processes but is also deeply rooted in specific historical, cultural, social and material environments. The essays in this volume explore how various groups in Late Antiquity rooted their identity in special places that were imbued with meanings derived from history and tradition. In Part I, essays explore the tension between the Classical heritage in public, especially urban spaces, in the form of ancient artwork and civic celebrations and the Church's appropriation of that space through doctrinal disputes and rival public performances. Parts II and III investigate how particular locations expressed, and formed, the theological and social identities of Christian and Jewish groups by bringing together fresh insights from the archaeological and textual evidence. Together the essays here demonstrate how the use and interpretation of shared spaces contributed to the self-identity of specific groups in Late Antiquity and in so doing issued challenges, and caused conflict, with other social and religious groups"--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction / Juliette Day, Raimo Hakola, Maijastina Kahlos and Ulla Tervahauta

I. Cultural perspectives

Meddling in the middle? : urban celebrations, ecclesiastical leaders and the Roman emperor in late antiquity / Maijastina Kahlos

Classical culture, domestic space and imperial vision in the Cycle of Agathias / Steven D. Smith

Monastic space : the ascetic between sacred and civil spheres in Theodoret of Cyrrhus / Andreas Westergren

II. Theological perspectives

Seeing Christ at the holy places / Juliette Day

Sacred space, virginal consecration and symbolic power : a liturgical innovation and its implications in late ancient Christianity / David G. Hunter

The city of God and the place of demons : city life and demonology in early Christianity / Joona Salminen

Preaching, feasting and making space for a meaning / Anna-Liisa Tolonen

III. Archaeological perspectives

Galilean Jews and Christians in context : spaces shared and contested in the Eastern Galilee in late antiquity / Raimo Hakola

Performing the sacred in a community building : observations from the 2010-2015 Kinneret Regional Project excavations in the Byzantine Synagogue of Horvat Kur (Galilee) / Jürgen Zangenberg

Thrown into limekilns : the reuse of statuary and architecture in Galilee from late antiquity onwards / Rick Bonnie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Spaces in late antiquity.

ISBN:

9781472450166

1472450167

OCLC:

942743163