Theurgy in Late Antiquity: The Invention of a Ritual Tradition 9783666540202, 9783525540206, 9783647540207

Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity 9780271093390

In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the h

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The cult of Saint Thecla: a tradition of women's piety in late antiquity 9780199548712, 9780198270195

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The Invention of Peter: Apostolic Discourse and Papal Authority in Late Antiquity 9780812208641

By emphasizing the ways the Bishops of Rome first leveraged the cult of St. Peter to their advantage, George E. Demacopo

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The Christian Invention of Time: Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity 1316512908, 9781316512906

Time is integral to human culture. Over the last two centuries people's relationship with time has been transformed

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City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity 9780520956841

Although it would appear in studies of late antique ecclesiastical authority and power that scholars have covered everyt

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The Invention of Sacred Tradition 9780521864794, 0521864798

Книга The Invention of Sacred Tradition The Invention of Sacred TraditionКниги Религия. Эзотерика Автор: James R. Lewis,

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A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity 9781512824186, 9781512824193

A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity clarifies the world of late ancient Judaism through the versatile and powerful

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A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity 1512824186, 9781512824186

The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient world, from activities as obvious as attending synago

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What Makes a Church Sacred?: Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity 9780520382015

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. If churches belong to no one,

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Epiphanius of Cyprus: A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity (Volume 2) (Christianity in Late Antiquity) 9780520291126, 9780520964983, 2015048170, 2015050963, 0520291123

Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus from 367 to 403 C.E., was incredibly influential in the last decades of the f

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