Text and artifact in the religions of Mediterranean antiquity [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honour of Peter Richardson / / edited by Stephen G. Wilson and Michel Desjardins

• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion = Corp. canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (633 p.)
• Disciplina: 225.9/5
• Soggetto topico: Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Jews in the New Testament
• Soggetto non controllato: Biblia. N.T. - Historia - Sucesos contemporáneos; Biblia. N.T. - Historia - Sucesos biblicos; Cristianismo - ca. 30-600, iglesia primitiva; Biblia. N.T. - Crítica, interpretación, etc
• Altri autori: DesjardinsMichel R <1951-> (Michel Robert) RichardsonPeter <1935-> WilsonS. G (Stephen G.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Partners in Publication; Contributors; Part One: Peter Richardson: Writer and Teacher; Part Two: Text and Artifact in the New Testament World; Part Three: Text and Artifact in the World of Christian Origins; Part Four: Text and Artifact in the World of Late-Antique Judaism; Part Five: Text and Artifact in the Greco-Roman World; Indices
• Sommario/riassunto: Can archaeological remains be made to ""speak"" when brought into conjunction with texts? Can written remains, on stone or papyrus, shed light on the parables of Jesus, or on the Jewish view of afterlife? What are the limits to the use of artifactual data, and when is the value overstated? Text and Artifact addresses the complex and intriguing issue of how primary religious texts from the ancient Mediterranean world are illuminated by, and in turn illuminate, the ever-increasing amount of artifactual evidence available from the surrounding world. The book honours Peter Rich
• Titolo autorizzato: Text and artifact in the religions of Mediterranean antiquity
• ISBN: 1-280-92535-3; 9786610925353; 0-88920-551-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782633103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; ; 9.