LEADER 03311oam 2200577I 450 001 9910154866403321 005 20231206171624.0 010 $a1-317-29406-8 010 $a1-315-64612-9 010 $a1-317-29407-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315646121 035 $a(CKB)4340000000019376 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4756265 035 $a(OCoLC)967394407 035 $a(BIP)63344921 035 $a(BIP)55191836 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000019376 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe afterlife in early Christian Carthage $enear-death experience, ancestor cult, and the archaeology of paradise /$fStephen E. Potthoff 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (255 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aRoutledge Studies in the Early Christian World 311 08$a1-138-18298-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Rebirthing paradise in the sacred space of vision and cemetery -- 2. Ghosts, graveside dining, and dreams of paradise : Mediterranean ancestor cult in the early Christian period -- 3. Mediterranean ancestor cult in Carthage : hungry ghosts and the Roman cemetery as other world -- 4. Dining, divining, and divorcing the dead : the age of Tertullian -- 5. The age of Cyprian : burial clubs and banquets in paradise -- 6. The age of Augustine : burial as sanctos, graveside parties, and the abodes of body and soul after death -- 7. Christian burial ad sanctos at Carthage : pressing on to heaven in the paradisal realm of the cemetery -- 8. Refreshment and reunion in the garden of light : sculpting paradise at the grave. 330 $aThe Afterlife in Early Christian Carthage explores how the visionary experiences of early Christian martyrs shaped and informed early Christian ancestor cult and the construction of the cemetery as paradise. Taking the early Christian cemeteries in Carthage as a case study, the volume broadens our understanding of the historical and cultural origins of the early Christian cult of the saints, and highlights the often divergent views about the dead and post-mortem realms expressed by the church fathers, and in graveside ritual and the material culture of the cemetery. This fascinating study is a key resource for students of late antique and early Christian culture. 606 $aChristian cemeteries$zTunisia$zCarthage (Extinct city) 606 $aDeath$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aFuture life$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 607 $aCarthage (Extinct city)$xChurch history 615 0$aChristian cemeteries 615 0$aDeath$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aFuture life$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a276.1101 676 $a276.1101 700 $aPotthoff$b Stephen$0916778 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154866403321 996 $aThe afterlife in early Christian Carthage$92055253 997 $aUNINA