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"For salvation's sake" : provincial loyalty, personal religion, and epigraphic production in the Roman and late antique Near East / Jason Moralee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moralee, Jason, 1973-
- Series:
- Studies in classics.
- Studies in classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Salvation.
- Inscriptions, Latin--Middle East.
- Inscriptions, Latin.
- Inscriptions, Greek--Middle East.
- Inscriptions, Greek.
- Middle East--History--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Islamic Empire.
- Middle East--Politics and government.
- Middle East--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on a thorough study of nearly 400 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, this book shows how the formula 'for salvation's sake' was fundamental to political, social and religious life in the Near East.
- Contents:
- The salutary ideology
- The reception of the salutary ideology in the Near East
- The demise and transformation of the salutary ideology
- Pagan, Christian, and Jewish dedications for personal salvation
- Localizing provincial loyalty and personal religion : three case studies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-88558-3
- 1-280-23199-8
- 9786610231997
- 0-203-48531-9
- 9780203485316
- OCLC:
- 252730772
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