Religion & power: Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greek East
This book contributes to the small but growing body of literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Douglas Edwards focuses on the eastern "Greek" provinces in the first and second centuries C.E. - the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous other...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book contributes to the small but growing body of literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Douglas Edwards focuses on the eastern "Greek" provinces in the first and second centuries C.E. - the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous other religions and cults exploded across the Roman Empire. His purpose is to show how the local elite classes appropriated and manipulated mythic and religious images and practices to establish and consolidate their social, political, and economic power. Edwards considers both archaeological and literary evidence. He examines coins, epigraphy, statuary, building complexes, mosaics, and paintings from across Asia Minor and Syria-Palestine looking for evidence of sponsorship by local elites and the meaning of such sponsorship. On the literary side, Edwards selects one representative figure from each of the three major religio-cultural traditions: the Greek writer, Chariton of Aphrodisias; the Jewish historian, Josephus; and the Christian evangelist, the author of Luke-Acts. He illustrates how each writer's use of religion reflects the interaction of local elite groups with the "web of power" that existed in political, cultural, and social spheres of the Roman Empire. |
| Beschreibung: | X, 234 S. |
| ISBN: | 019508263X |
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| adam_text | RELIGION
amp; POWER
Pagans,
Jews,
and
Christians
in the
Greek East
DOUGLAS R EDWARDS
New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
Contents
Introduction 3
1 Religion and the Symbolics of Power: Message and
Significance 7
The Dilemma of Specific Examples Versus General Patterns
Language and Power: The Literary Evidence 10
Iconography and Power: The Material Evidence 11
2 The Power Game: Setting the Stage 15
The Civic World of the Pagan Greek East 15
Jews in the Greek East 22
Christians in the Greek East 24
Conclusion 26
3 The Power of the Past 28
Pagan Perspectives on the Past 29
Jews and the Past 36
Christians and the Past 42
Conclusion 46
4 Cosmic Connections: Defining the Arena of Power 49
Pagans and the Power of the Divine 49
Jews and the Power of God 61
Christians and the Christian God 65
Conclusion 68
x CONTENTS
5 Geography and the Sacred: Establishing Power Across the
Roman Oikoumene 72
Geography and the Sacred in the Pagan Greek East 73
The Jews of the Diaspora: The Power of Geography 81
Christians and Geography 86
Conclusion 8g
6 Cosmic Power Brokers: Human Agents and Divine
Emissaries 91
Pagans and Cosmic Power Brokers 91
Jews and Cosmic Power Brokers 100
Christians and Cosmic Power Brokers 108
Conclusion 115
7 The Power of the Future 119
Pagans and the Power of the Future 120
Jews and the Power of the Future 131
Christians and the Power of the Future 140
Conclusion 146
Conclusion 149
Notes 153
Bibliography 191
Author Index 219
Index 221
Citations 229
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