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Refiguring the Post-Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem and Ravenna

Annabel Jane Wharton

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Description:This is a study of the "Christianization" of the city between the third and sixth centuries. The text traces changes in the meaning of urban space and in the ritual practices of Jewish, Christian and Graeco-Roman cults through an investigation of the art and archaeology of four important late antique sites: Dura Europos (mid third century), Jerash and Jerusalem (fourth and fifth centuries) and Ravenna (sixth century). Interwoven in the discussion of the monuments is an assessment of the political circumstances that controlled the writing of their history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Refiguring the Post-Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem and Ravenna. To get started finding Refiguring the Post-Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem and Ravenna, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 256

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: 1996

ISBN: 0521481856

Description: This is a study of the "Christianization" of the city between the third and sixth centuries. The text traces changes in the meaning of urban space and in the ritual practices of Jewish, Christian and Graeco-Roman cults through an investigation of the art and archaeology of four important late antique sites: Dura Europos (mid third century), Jerash and Jerusalem (fourth and fifth centuries) and Ravenna (sixth century). Interwoven in the discussion of the monuments is an assessment of the political circumstances that controlled the writing of their history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Refiguring the Post-Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem and Ravenna. To get started finding Refiguring the Post-Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem and Ravenna, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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