Priests And State In The Roman World
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Priests And State In The Roman World
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Author : James H. Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh
Release Date : 2011
Priests And State In The Roman World written by James H. Richardson and has been published by Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
This collection of 24 essays, written by a group of international scholars who specialise in the religious, political and social history of ancient Rome, explores the relationship between priests and State in the Roman world. Attention is devoted to a number of interconnected problems: the nature and scope of priesthoods in the Roman world, the rules governing access to them, the role that priests played in the various levels of government, from the imperial court to the cities on the fringes of the empire, the different development of priesthoods across the empire, and more generally the relationship between religion and power. The outcome is a diverse and comprehensive collection that seeks to do justice to the complexity of the interaction between priests and State by presenting the reader with a wide set of problems and sources, ranging from early Rome to the late Empire.
Beyond Priesthood
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Author : Richard L. Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-08-21
Beyond Priesthood written by Richard L. Gordon and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-21 with Religion categories.
The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these religious professionals and a good number of high quality publications. Our volume, however, with its unique intercultural character and its explicit focus on appropriation and contestation of religious expertise in the Imperial Era is substantially different. Unlike the rather narrow focus of earlier studies of civic priests, the papers presented here examine a wider range of religious professionals, their dynamic interaction with established religious authorities and institutions, and their contributions to religious innovation in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the late Hellenistic period through to Late Antiquity, from the City of Rome to mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, from Greek civic practice to ancient Judaism. A further advantage of our volume is the wide range of media of transmission taken into account. Our contributors look at both old and new materials, which derive not only from literary sources but also from papyri, inscriptions, and material culture. Above all, this volume assesses critically convenient terminological usage and offers a unique insight into a rich gamut of ancient Mediterranean religious specialists.
The Gods The State And The Individual
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Author : John Scheid
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2015-10-20
The Gods The State And The Individual written by John Scheid and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-20 with History categories.
Roman religion has long presented a number of challenges to historians approaching the subject from a perspective framed by the three Abrahamic religions. The Romans had no sacred text that espoused its creed or offered a portrait of its foundational myth. They described relations with the divine using technical terms widely employed to describe relations with other humans. Indeed, there was not even a word in classical Latin that corresponds to the English word religion. In The Gods, the State, and the Individual, John Scheid confronts these and other challenges directly. If Roman religious practice has long been dismissed as a cynical or naïve system of borrowed structures unmarked by any true piety, Scheid contends that this is the result of a misplaced expectation that the basis of religion lies in an individual's personal and revelatory relationship with his or her god. He argues that when viewed in the light of secular history as opposed to Christian theology, Roman religion emerges as a legitimate phenomenon in which rituals, both public and private, enforced a sense of communal, civic, and state identity. Since the 1970s, Scheid has been one of the most influential figures reshaping scholarly understanding of ancient Roman religion. The Gods, the State, and the Individual presents a translation of Scheid's work that chronicles the development of his field-changing scholarship.
Beyond Priesthood
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Author : Georgia Petridou
language : en
Publisher: de Gruyter
Release Date : 2017-07-15
Beyond Priesthood written by Georgia Petridou and has been published by de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-15 with Religion categories.
This volume questions the established modern scholarly categories of priests and priesthood and focusses on processes of appropriation and contestation of religious expertise in the Imperial Era. It offers a unique insight into ancient religious specialists, their dynamic interaction with established religious authorities and institutions, and their contributions to religious innovation in the ancient Mediterranean world.
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West Volume Iii Provincial Cult Part 2 The Provincial Priesthood
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Author : Duncan Fishwick
language : en
Publisher: Brill
Release Date : 2015-08-27
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West Volume Iii Provincial Cult Part 2 The Provincial Priesthood written by Duncan Fishwick and has been published by Brill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with History categories.
This volume analyzes the priesthood of the provincial cult in every province of the Latin west where evidence has survived in the period from Augustus down to the mid third century. Particular attention is paid to the epigraphic record, notably the Testimony of honorific statues especially at provincial centres, but discussion also focusses on the origin and background of provincial priests, their office and duties, and their careers both before and after holding provincial office. Of special interest are the sixteen tables that list the main facts preserved by the epigraphic record, also a concluding overview that summarizes the principal features of the institution including the office of priestess and the role of administrative officials. Some fifty plates illustrate the text.
Religion In The Roman Empire
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Author : James B. Rives
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 2006-06-12
Religion In The Roman Empire written by James B. Rives and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-12 with History categories.
This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire. Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole Draws on a wide range of primary material, both textual and visual, from literary works, inscriptions and monuments Offers insight into the religious world in which contemporary rabbinic Judaism and Christianity both had their origin
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West
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Author : Duncan Fishwick
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2002
The Imperial Cult In The Latin West written by Duncan Fishwick and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Cults categories.
This volume analyzes the priesthood of the provincial cult in every province of the Latin West where evidence has survived in the period from Augustus down to the mid-third century. Particular attention is paid to the epigraphic record, notably the Testimony of honorific statues.
The Roman Empire At Bay Ad 180 395
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Author : David S. Potter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-03
The Roman Empire At Bay Ad 180 395 written by David S. Potter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-03 with History categories.
The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion—Christianity. The book integrates social and intellectual history into the narrative, looking to explore the relationship between contingent events and deeper structure. It also covers an amazingly dramatic narrative from the civil wars after the death of Commodus through the conversion of Constantine to the arrival of the Goths in the Roman Empire, setting in motion the final collapse of the western empire. The new edition takes account of important new scholarship in questions of Roman identity, on economy and society as well as work on the age of Constantine, which has advanced significantly in the last decade, while recent archaeological and art historical work is more fully drawn into the narrative. At its core, the central question that drives The Roman Empire at Bay remains, what did it mean to be a Roman and how did that meaning change as the empire changed? Updated for a new generation of students, this book remains a crucial tool in the study of this period.
The Church In The Roman Empire
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Author : Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt
Release Date : 1970
The Church In The Roman Empire written by Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough and has been published by Henry Holt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Church history categories.
Community And Identity At The Edges Of The Classical World
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Author : Aaron W. Irvin
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-09-28
Community And Identity At The Edges Of The Classical World written by Aaron W. Irvin and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with History categories.
A timely and academically-significant contribution to scholarship on community, identity, and globalization in the Roman and Hellenistic worlds Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World examines the construction of personal and communal identities in the ancient world, exploring how globalism, multi-culturalism, and other macro events influenced micro identities throughout the Hellenistic and Roman empires. This innovative volume discusses where contact and the sharing of ideas was occurring in the time period, and applies modern theories based on networks and communication to historical and archaeological data. A new generation of international scholars challenge traditional views of Classical history and offer original perspectives on the impact globalizing trends had on localized areas—insights that resonate with similar issues today. This singular resource presents a broad, multi-national view rarely found in western collected volumes, including Serbian, Macedonian, and Russian scholarship on the Roman Empire, as well as on Roman and Hellenistic archaeological sites in Eastern Europe. Topics include Egyptian identity in the Hellenistic world, cultural identity in Roman Greece, Romanization in Slovenia, Balkan Latin, the provincial organization of cults in Roman Britain, and Soviet studies of Roman Empire and imperialism. Serving as a synthesis of contemporary scholarship on the wider topic of identity and community, this volume: Provides an expansive materialist approach to the topic of globalization in the Roman world Examines ethnicity in the Roman empire from the viewpoint of minority populations Offers several views of metascholarship, a growing sub-discipline that compares ancient material to modern scholarship Covers a range of themes, time periods, and geographic areas not included in most western publications Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World is a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and graduate students examining identity and ethnicity in the ancient world, as well as for those working in multiple fields of study, from Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman historians, to the study of ethnicity, identity, and globalizing trends in time.