Through the close study of texts, Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era examines the overlapping emphases and themes of two cosmopolitan and multiethnic cultural identities emerging in the early centuries CE -- a trans-empire alliance of the Elite and the Christians. Exploring the cultural representations of these social identities, Judith Perkins shows that they converge around an array of shared themes: violence, the body, prisons, courts, and time. Locating Christian representations within their historical context and in dialogue with other contemporary representations, it asks why do Christian representations share certain emphases? To what do they respond, and to whom might they appeal? For example, does the increasing Christian emphasis on a fully material human resurrection in the early centuries, respond to the evolution of a harsher and more status based judicial system? Judith Perkins argues that Christians were so successful in suppressing their social identity as inhabitants of the Roman Empire, that historical documents and testimony have been sequestered as Christian rather than recognized as evidence for the social dynamics enacted during the period, Her discussion offers a stimulating survey of interest to students of ancient narrative, cultural studies and gender.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415397445
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94541617
Product Key Features
Author
Judith Perkins
Publication Name
Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Archaeology
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
476g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Judith Perkins
Series Title
Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Topic
Beliefs
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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