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Ancient Christianity on Stone: Greek Inscriptions and the Early Church (Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia) - Hardcover

 
9783161646638: Ancient Christianity on Stone: Greek Inscriptions and the Early Church (Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia)

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In histories of early Christianity, the use of the evidence provided by inscriptions produced by or for Christians has long remained marginal. However, emerging from the late second century onwards, such inscriptions are indispensable for reconstructing the development of Christian communities, particularly in regions where literary sources are scarce or entirely absent. They offer insights into the distinctive regional characteristics of early Christian groups, their leadership structures, building activities, and theological concerns. Above all, they reveal the striking diversity that marked these communities, each shaped by its own cultural and geographical setting. Dedicated to the distinguished historian of the Roman Empire, the late Stephen Mitchell, this volume provides an introduction to Greek inscriptions that may be identified as Christian and explores their significance for historiography. It brings together fifteen selected Christian inscriptions from Asia Minor and Greece. Thirteen contributors from different disciplines - Cilliers Breytenbach, Timo Christian, Georgios Deligiannakis, Klaus Hallof, James R. Harrison, Ulrich Huttner, Stephen Mitchell, Markus Öhler, Julien Ogereau, Philipp Pilhofer, Daniela Summa, Paul Trebilco, and Christiane Zimmermann - present a carefully curated set of especially noteworthy inscriptions dating from the second to the sixth centuries AD, highlighting both the individuality and the breadth of these texts and their messages. Four concluding essays by Andreas Merkt (ancient church history), Hartmut Leppin (ancient history), Sylvain Destephen (epigraphy), and Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (classical philology) place the selection within its wider historical and literary contexts.

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Christiane Zimmermann (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1962; 1991 Dr. phil. (Classics), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; 2006 Habilitation (New Testament), Humboldt University of Berlin; Professor of Theology and Literary History of the New Testament, Faculty of Theology, Kiel University.

Cilliers Breytenbach (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1954; studied Philology, Philosophy and Theology in Pretoria and Munich; 1983 Doctorate; 1986 Habilitation; 1990-2019 University Professor of Literature, Religion and Contemporary History in Berlin; Extraordinary Professor of New Testament and Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University.

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