The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | David K. Pettegrew |
Publisher | Oxford Handbooks |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199369046 |
"This handbook brings together work by leading scholars of the archaeology of early Christianity in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The 34 essays to this volume ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in the latest currents of archaeological method, theory, and research."--
The Archaeology of Churches
Title | The Archaeology of Churches PDF eBook |
Author | Warwick Rodwell |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 573 |
Release | 2012-05-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1445620006 |
The definitive work on church archaeology.
Ante Pacem
Title | Ante Pacem PDF eBook |
Author | Graydon F. Snyder |
Publisher | Mercer University Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780865548954 |
Early Christianity emerged from obscurity to dominate the Roman world: that story, told and retold, continues to fascinate historians and believers. But the religion of ordinary Christians is not so well or easily known; they have left us no literary record of their faith and their hope, their marrying and their dying, their worship and their common life. Before the publication of "Ante Pacem there was no introduction or source-book for early Christian archaeology available in English. With his book Professor Snyder has performed an incalculable service for students of early Christianity and the world of late antiquity. He analyzes in one lavishly illustrated volume every piece of evidence that can, with some degree of assurance, be dated before the triumph of the emperor Constantine at the Milvian Bridge in 312CE thrust the nascent Christian culture "into a universal role as the formal religious expression of the Roman Empire."
God's Library
Title | God's Library PDF eBook |
Author | Brent Nongbri |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2018-08-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0300240988 |
A provocative book from a highly original scholar, challenging much of what we know about early Christian manuscripts In this bold and groundbreaking book, Brent Nongbri provides an up-to-date introduction to the major collections of early Christian manuscripts and demonstrates that much of what we thought we knew about these books and fragments is mistaken. While biblical scholars have expended much effort in their study of the texts contained within our earliest Christian manuscripts, there has been a surprising lack of interest in thinking about these books as material objects with individual, unique histories. We have too often ignored the ways that the antiquities market obscures our knowledge of the origins of these manuscripts. Through painstaking archival research and detailed studies of our most important collections of early Christian manuscripts, Nongbri vividly shows how the earliest Christian books are more than just carriers of texts or samples of handwriting. They are three-dimensional archaeological artifacts with fascinating stories to tell, if we’re willing to listen.
Archaeology of Frankish Church Councils, AD 511-768
Title | Archaeology of Frankish Church Councils, AD 511-768 PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory I. Halfond |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004179763 |
Despite growing scepticism concerning the evidentiary value of normative legal sources, scholars continue to mine the legislative acts of ecclesiastical councils for insight into political, religious, and quotidian life in Frankish Gaul. Between the reigns of Clovis and Charlemagne (AD 511-768) at least eighty councils assembled, often on royal command, to discuss issues of concern to the episcopal and clerical attendees. Their published canons were intended to communicate ecclesiastical policy in the Frankish regnum. However, scholars have paid comparatively slight attention to the institution responsible for this body of legislation. This book remedies this lacuna by delineating the functions and modus operandi of the Frankish church council as an administrative body.
Church Archaeology
Title | Church Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Council for British Archaeology |
Publisher | |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The Society for Church Archaeology Monograph
Title | The Society for Church Archaeology Monograph PDF eBook |
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Release | 2009 |
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