Format:
1 online resource (xxv, 321 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9780197666463
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9780197666456
Series Statement:
Cultures of reading in the ancient Mediterranean
Uniform Title:
The writing on the wall
Content:
'Pagan Inscriptions, Christian Viewers' provides a fresh perspective on the Christianization of the Roman empire from the fourth to the seventh century CE by analyzing a previously overlooked body of evidence: the many ancient, pagan inscriptions, written in Greek or other languages, which were reused, preserved, or even partially erased in this period.
Content:
Introduction: Afterlives of Inscriptions -- The Use of Real or Imagined Inscriptions in Late Antique Literature -- Preservation: Tolerating Temples and Their Texts -- Spoliation: Integrating and Scrambling Inscriptions -- Erasure: "Damnatio Memoriae" or Conscious Uncoupling? -- Conclusion: Unepigraphic Readings.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral), University of Pennsylvania, 2017, under the title: The writing on the wall : inscriptions and memory in the temples of late antique Greece and Asia Minor
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Dissertation University of Pennsylvania 2017
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780197666432
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sitz, Anna Marie, 1988 - Pagan inscriptions, Christian viewers New York : Oxford University Press, 2023 ISBN 9780197666432
Language:
English
Keywords:
Levante
;
Tempel
;
Inschrift
;
Christentum
;
Spätantike
;
Rezeption
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780197666432.001.0001
