The World's Oldest Church : Bible, Art, and Ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria

The World's Oldest Church Bible, Art, and Ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria

Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Peppard, Michael, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press [2016]
Colección:Synkrisis
Materias:
Art, Early Christian > Syria > Dura-Europos (Extinct city).
Christian art and symbolism > Syria > Dura-Europos (Extinct city).
History, Ancient.
Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423731706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: January 18, 1932, Excavation Block M8
  • One. Dura- Europos and the World's Oldest Church
  • Two. Anointed like David
  • Three. Lord and Shepherd of the Water
  • Four. The Pro cession of Women
  • Five. A Woman at a Well
  • Conclusion: Paradise Restored
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Index of Ancient Sources

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