{"product_id":"death-and-rebirth-in-late-antiquity-9781978701595","title":"Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath and rebirth was of vital importance to early Christians in late antiquity. In late antiquity, death was all encompassing. Mortality rates were high, plague and disease in urban areas struck at will, and one lived on the knife’s edge regarding one’s health. Religion filled a crucial role in this environment, offering an option for those who sought cure and comfort. Following death, the inhumed were memorialized, providing solace to family members through sculpture, painting, and epigraphy. This book offers a sustained interdisciplinary treatment of death and rebirth, a theme that early Christians (and scholars) found important. By analysing the theme of death and rebirth through various lenses, the contributors deepen our understanding of the early Christian funerary and liturgical practices as well as their engagement with other groups in the Empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee M. Jefferson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Death and Rebirth within North African Montanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Tabbernee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Church as the Locus of Miracles: Santa Sabina and Revisiting the Staff of Jesus in Early Christian Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee M. Jefferson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Wearing the Cross: Macrina, the Cross, and Co-Crucifixion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelicity Harley-McGowan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Altar-ed Arks: Form as (Theological) Function in Late Antique and Early Medieval Reliquaries \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Awes Freeman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Marriage and Martyrdom in Roman North Africa: Augustine and Crispina of Tebessa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid G. Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. “Bring Out Yer Dead”: A Funerary Ritual Koine and Its Christian Dialects from Little Traditions to a Great Tradition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Latham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Apostolic Posture: Mary Magdalene as Witness to Death and Resurrection in Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Peppard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Reuniting after Death, Defining Familial Piety in Life: A Case of Rhetoric in Word and Image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark D. Ellison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Undead Apostles and The Development of Cultic Practices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid L. Eastman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. To Die for God: Sacrifice, Eucharist, and Martyrdom in Ignatius of Antioch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew McGowan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Crosses, Snakes, and Tunics: St. Lawrence and Other Martyrs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnewies van den Hoek and John Herrmann, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043425845591,"sku":"9781978701595","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978701595.jpg?v=1750958180","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/death-and-rebirth-in-late-antiquity-9781978701595","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}