Jefferson, Lee M.
(ed.)
Editorial: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Número de páginas: 360 págs.
Fecha de edición: 31-03-2024
EAN: 9781978701618
ISBN: 978-1-9787-0161-8
Precio (sin IVA): 46,80 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 48,67 €
Death and rebirth was of vital importance to early Christians in late antiquity. In late antiquity, death was all encompassing. Mortality rates were high, plague and disease in urban areas struck at will, and one lived on the knife’s edge regarding one’s health. Religion filled a crucial role in this environment, offering an option for those who sought cure and comfort. Following death, the inhumed were memorialized, providing solace to family members through sculpture, painting, and epigraphy. This book offers a sustained interdisciplinary treatment of death and rebirth, a theme that early Christians (and scholars) found important.