| Description |
1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Series |
Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean |
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Cultures of reading in the ancient Mediterranean.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Subject |
Architectural inscriptions -- Middle East
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Architectural inscriptions
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Architecture.
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House and Home.
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0197666442 |
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9780197666449 |
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