LEADER 03481nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910825153403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-774077-4 010 $a1-280-53480-X 010 $a0-19-534480-4 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195082630.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000409173 035 $a(EBL)430806 035 $a(OCoLC)437115100 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235393 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235393 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248193 035 $a(PQKB)11113401 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430806 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278018 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430806 035 $a(OCoLC)1406786982 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197740774 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000409173 100 $a19950724d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReligion & power $epagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greek East /$fDouglas R. Edwards 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (245 pages) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1996. 311 0 $a0-19-508263-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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; Citations 330 $aThis book contributes to the small but growing literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Edwards focusses on the eastern ""Greek"" provinces in the first and second centuries A.D.--the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous other religions and cults exploded across the Roman Empire. His purpose is to show how the local elite classes appropriated and manipulated mythic and religious images and practices to establish and consolidate their social, political, and economic power. Edwards considers both archaeological and literary evidence. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 517 3 $aReligion and power 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xGreek 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xRoman 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zRome 607 $aRome$xReligion 607 $aMiddle East$xReligion 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xGreek. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xRoman. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism. 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 676 $a291/.093 676 $a938.09 700 $aEdwards$b Douglas R$01654928 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825153403321 996 $aReligion & power$94189867 997 $aUNINA