From temple to church : destruction and renewal of local cultic topography in late antiquity /
From temple to church : destruction and renewal of local cultic topography in late antiquity /
edited by Johannes Hahn, Stephen Emmel and Ulrich Gotter.
- 1 online resource (xi, 378 pages) : illustrations.
- Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 163 0927-7633 ; .
- Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 163. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preliminary Materials / Chapter One. “From temple to church”: Analysing a late antique phenomenon of transformation / Chapter Two. Models and evidence in the study of religion in late roman Egypt / Chapter Three. Rechtgläubige—Pagane—Häretiker. Tempelzerstörungen in der Kirchengeschichtsschreibung und das Bild der Christlichen Kaiser / Chapter Four. From temple to cell, from gods to demons: pagan temples in the monastic topography of fourth-century Egypt / Chapter Five. The christianization of pagan temples in the greek hagiographical texts / Chapter Six. Iconoclasm and christianization in late antique Egypt: Christian treatments of space and image / Chapter Seven. Shenoute of Atripe and the christian destruction of temples in Egypt: rhetoric and reality -- Chapter Eight. Die Zerstörung der Kulte von Philae. Geschichte und Legende am ersten Nilkatarakt / Chapter Nine. The conversion of the temple of Aphrodite at Aphrodisias in context / Chapter Ten. Continuity and change in the cultic topography of late antique Palestine / Chapter Eleven. Modalitäten der Zerstörung und Christianisierung Pharaonischer Tempelanlagen / Chapter Twelve. The conversion of the cult statues: the destruction of the Eerapeum 392 a.d. and the transformation of Alexandria into the “Christ-loving” city / Index / Religions in Thegraeco-Roman world / J. Hahn , S.E. Emmel and Ulrich Gotter -- Stephen Emmel , Ulrich Gotter and Johannes Hahn -- Roger S. Bagnall -- Ulrich Gotter -- David Brakke -- Helen Saradi -- David Frankfurter -- Johannes Hahn -- Angelos Chaniotis -- Doron Bar -- Peter Grossmann -- Johannes Hahn -- J. Hahn , S.E. Emmel and Ulrich Gotter -- J. Hahn , S.E. Emmel and Ulrich Gotter.
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Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of late antique change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception. Contemporaries were aware of these events’ far-reaching symbolic significance and of their immediate impact as demonstrations of political power and religious conviction. Joined in any “temple-destruction” are the meaning of the monument, actions taken, and subsequent literary discourse. Paradigms of perception, specific interests, and forms of expression of quite various protagonists clashed. Archaeologists, historians, and historians of religion illuminate “temple-destruction” from different perspectives, analysing local configurations within larger contexts, both regional and imperial, in order to find an appropriate larger perspective on this phenomenon within the late antique movement “from temple to church”.
English and German.
9789047443735
10.1163/ej.9789004131415.I-381 DOI
30 - 600
Christianity and other religions.
Temples.
Religion--History.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions.
Church history--Primitive and early church.
Religion.
Temples.
History.
BR127 / .F76 2008eb
261.2/2
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preliminary Materials / Chapter One. “From temple to church”: Analysing a late antique phenomenon of transformation / Chapter Two. Models and evidence in the study of religion in late roman Egypt / Chapter Three. Rechtgläubige—Pagane—Häretiker. Tempelzerstörungen in der Kirchengeschichtsschreibung und das Bild der Christlichen Kaiser / Chapter Four. From temple to cell, from gods to demons: pagan temples in the monastic topography of fourth-century Egypt / Chapter Five. The christianization of pagan temples in the greek hagiographical texts / Chapter Six. Iconoclasm and christianization in late antique Egypt: Christian treatments of space and image / Chapter Seven. Shenoute of Atripe and the christian destruction of temples in Egypt: rhetoric and reality -- Chapter Eight. Die Zerstörung der Kulte von Philae. Geschichte und Legende am ersten Nilkatarakt / Chapter Nine. The conversion of the temple of Aphrodite at Aphrodisias in context / Chapter Ten. Continuity and change in the cultic topography of late antique Palestine / Chapter Eleven. Modalitäten der Zerstörung und Christianisierung Pharaonischer Tempelanlagen / Chapter Twelve. The conversion of the cult statues: the destruction of the Eerapeum 392 a.d. and the transformation of Alexandria into the “Christ-loving” city / Index / Religions in Thegraeco-Roman world / J. Hahn , S.E. Emmel and Ulrich Gotter -- Stephen Emmel , Ulrich Gotter and Johannes Hahn -- Roger S. Bagnall -- Ulrich Gotter -- David Brakke -- Helen Saradi -- David Frankfurter -- Johannes Hahn -- Angelos Chaniotis -- Doron Bar -- Peter Grossmann -- Johannes Hahn -- J. Hahn , S.E. Emmel and Ulrich Gotter -- J. Hahn , S.E. Emmel and Ulrich Gotter.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Destruction of temples and their transformation into churches are central symbols of late antique change in religious environment, socio-political system, and public perception. Contemporaries were aware of these events’ far-reaching symbolic significance and of their immediate impact as demonstrations of political power and religious conviction. Joined in any “temple-destruction” are the meaning of the monument, actions taken, and subsequent literary discourse. Paradigms of perception, specific interests, and forms of expression of quite various protagonists clashed. Archaeologists, historians, and historians of religion illuminate “temple-destruction” from different perspectives, analysing local configurations within larger contexts, both regional and imperial, in order to find an appropriate larger perspective on this phenomenon within the late antique movement “from temple to church”.
English and German.
9789047443735
10.1163/ej.9789004131415.I-381 DOI
30 - 600
Christianity and other religions.
Temples.
Religion--History.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions.
Church history--Primitive and early church.
Religion.
Temples.
History.
BR127 / .F76 2008eb
261.2/2