The power of sacrifice : Roman and Christian discourses in conflict /
"In this work, George Heyman offers a fresh perspective on the similarities between pagan Roman and Christian thinking about the public role of sacrifice in the first two and a half centuries of the Christian era. He shows that both imperial Rome and early Christianity capitalized on the rhetor...
| Основен автор: | Heyman, George, 1954- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Washington, D.C. :
Catholic University of America Press,
℗♭2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=360299 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Power of sacrifice. |
| Резюме: |
"In this work, George Heyman offers a fresh perspective on the similarities between pagan Roman and Christian thinking about the public role of sacrifice in the first two and a half centuries of the Christian era. He shows that both imperial Rome and early Christianity capitalized on the rhetoric of sacrifice as a discursive means to craft their location, their identity, and their social power within the cosmos."--Jacket. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxv, 256 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813216942 081321694X |