ISBN:
3110211572
,
9783110211573
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 386 p)
,
ill. (some col.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.]
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Zangenberg, Jürgen, 1964 - Commemorating the Dead. Texts and Artifacts in Context. Studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian Burials. With an Introduction by R. Saller 2011
Parallel Title:
Print version Commemorating the dead
DDC:
393/.10937
Keywords:
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Funeral service
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Burial
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Description / Table of Contents:
An overview of the intellectual history of catacomb archaeology / Amy K. HirschfeldHousing the dead / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- Commemorating the dead in the communal cemeteries of Carthage / Susan T. Stevens -- Dining with the dead / Robin M. Jensen -- Sweet spices in the tomb / Deborah Green -- From Columbaria to catacombs / John Bodel -- Roman and Christian burial practices and the patronage of women / Carolyn Osiek -- From Endymion in Roman domus to Jonah in Christian catacombs / David Balch -- Looking for Abericus / Margaret M. Mitchell.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-378) and index
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