Christianizing Egypt: Syncretism and Local Worlds in Late Antiquity 9781400888009, 9780691176970, 140088800X

Christianizing Egypt: Syncretism and Local Worlds in Late Antiquity (Martin Classical Lectures, 34) 9780691176970, 0691176973

How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as

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The Aulos in Classical and Late Antiquity: Acculturation, Diffusion, and Syncretism in Socio-Musical Processes of the Mediterranean 3832556478, 9783832556471

The aulos, an extinct musical instrument consisting of a cylindrical-bore pipe with finger holes and a double reed for a

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Religious Syncretism in Antiquity: Essays in Conversation with Geo Widengren

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Excavations in Akhmīm, Egypt: Continuity and change in city life from late antiquity to the present. First Report 9780860547600, 9781407348919

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Social Capital and Local Water Management in Egypt 9781617977633

From the 1980s onward, billions of dollars were poured into irrigation improvement programs in Egypt. These aimed at imp

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Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism 9780415111164

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Christian Divination in Late Antiquity 9789048541010

In Late Antiquity, people commonly sought to acquire knowledge about the past, the present, and the future, using a vari

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Knowledge Construction in Late Antiquity 9783111010311, 9783110997637

Social Studies of the sciences have long analyzed and exposed the constructed nature of knowledge. Pioneering studies of

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Urban Religion in Late Antiquity 9783110641813, 311064181X

Urban Religion is an emerging research field cutting across various social science disciplines, all of them dealing with

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The Jews in Late Antiquity 9781942401667

Is it possible to summarize the history of the Jews in late antiquity? The lack of source material makes it challenging,

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