Rome and religion [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-disciplinary dialogue on the imperial cult / edited by Jeffrey Brodd and Jonathan L. Reed

• Record Nr.: UNISA996248229403316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011
• ISBN: 1-58983-613-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 261 p. ) : ill.
• Collana: Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series / Society of Biblical Literature ; ; v. 5
• Altri autori (Persone): BroddJeffrey; ReedJonathan L
• Disciplina: 292.2/13
• Soggetti: Emperor worship - Rome; Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Emperor worship - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 - Rome; Church history; Religion; Philosophy & Religion; European Religions - pre-Christian; Rome Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Methodological and theoretical issues. The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider? / Karl Galinsky -- Normal religion, or, Words fail us : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider?" / Steven J. Friesen -- To complicate encounters : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider?" / James Constantine Hanges -- Religion, Roman religion, emperor worship / Jeffrey Brodd -- Augustan religion : from locative to utopian / Eric M. Orlin -- The imperial cult at specific sites. Imperial cult in Roman Corinth : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider?" / Barbette Stanley Spaeth -- Embedding Rome in Athens / Nancy Evans -- Honoring Trajan in Pergamum : imperial temples in the "second city" / Daniel N. Schowalter -- Searching for Rome and the imperial cult in Galilee : reassessing Galilee-Rome relations (63 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.) / James S. McLaren -- ; Christian and Jewish engagement. Roman imperial power : a perspective from the New Testament / Warren Carter -- The emperor as Christ and Christian iconography / Robin M. Jensen -- Capitalizing on the imperial cult : some Jewish perspectives / L. Michael White -- Prospects and responses. In the shadow (or not) of the imperial cult : a cooperative agenda / Karl Galinsky -- Response to Karl Galinsky, "In the shadow (or not) of the imperial cult : a cooperative agenda" / H. Gregory Snyder -- Response to Galinsky, White, and Carter / Nancy Evans.