03481nam 2200769Ia 450 991082515340332120200520144314.00-19-774077-41-280-53480-X0-19-534480-410.1093/oso/9780195082630.001.0001(CKB)1000000000409173(EBL)430806(OCoLC)437115100(SSID)ssj0000235393(PQKBManifestationID)11924757(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235393(PQKBWorkID)10248193(PQKB)11113401(Au-PeEL)EBL430806(CaPaEBR)ebr10278018(CaONFJC)MIL53480(MiAaPQ)EBC430806(OCoLC)1406786982(StDuBDS)9780197740774(EXLCZ)99100000000040917319950724d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReligion & power pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greek East /Douglas R. EdwardsNew York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (245 pages)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1996.0-19-508263-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and indexes.Contents; Introduction; 1. Religion and the Symbolics of Power: Message and Significance; 2. The Power Game: Setting the Stage; 3. The Power of the Past; 4. Cosmic Connections: Defining the Arena of Power; 5. Geography and the Sacred: Establishing Power Across the Roman Oikoumene; 6. Cosmic Power Brokers: Human Agents and Divine Emissaries; 7. The Power of the Future; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Index; CitationsThis book contributes to the small but growing literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Edwards focusses on the eastern ""Greek"" provinces in the first and second centuries A.D.--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.Oxford scholarship online.Religion and powerChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600Christianity and other religionsGreekChristianity and other religionsRomanChristianity and other religionsJudaismJudaismRelationsChristianityPower (Social sciences)RomeRomeReligionMiddle EastReligionChurch historyChristianity and other religionsGreek.Christianity and other religionsRoman.Christianity and other religionsJudaism.JudaismRelationsChristianity.Power (Social sciences)291/.093938.09Edwards Douglas R1654928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825153403321Religion & power4189867UNINA