Refiguring the Post-Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem and Ravenna [Hardcover]

Annabel Jane Wharton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521481856 | ISBN-13: 978-0521481854 | Publication Date: January 26, 1996

This is a study of the "Christianization" of the city between the third and sixth centuries. The text traces changes in the meaning of urban space and in the ritual practices of Jewish, Christian and Graeco-Roman cults through an investigation of the art and archaeology of four important late antique sites: Dura Europos (mid third century), Jerash and Jerusalem (fourth and fifth centuries) and Ravenna (sixth century). Interwoven in the discussion of the monuments is an assessment of the political circumstances that controlled the writing of their history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Book Description

This is a study of the "Christianization" of the city between the third and sixth centuries. The text traces changes in the meaning of urban space and in the ritual practices of Jewish, Christian and Graeco-Roman cults through an investigation of the art and archaeology of four important late antique sites: Dura Europos (mid 3rd century), Jerash and Jerusalem (4th and 5th centuries) and Ravenna (6th century). Interwoven in the discussion of the monuments is an assessment of the political circumstances which controlled the writing of their history in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 26, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521481856
• ISBN-13: 978-0521481854
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,835,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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