TY - BOOK ID - 138339196 TI - Revelation and material religion in the Roman East : essays in honor of Steven J. Friesen AU - Leach, Nathan AU - Smith, Daniel Charles AU - Keddie, G. Anthony AU - Friesen, Steven J. PY - 2024 SN - 9781032382678 1032382678 9781032382685 1032382686 9781003344247 PB - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Material culture KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Friesen, Steven J. KW - Bible KW - Bible. KW - History of contemporary events. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Rome KW - Middle East KW - Corinth (Greece) KW - Religion KW - Middle Eastern influences. KW - Religious life and customs. KW - Christianity. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138339196 AB - "This collection of essays from a diverse group of internationally recognized scholars builds on the work of Steven J. Friesen to analyze the material and ideological dimensions of John's Apocalypse and the religious landscape of the Roman East. Readers will gain new perspectives on the interpretation of John's Apocalypse, the religion of Hellenistic cities in the Roman Empire, and the political and economic forces that shaped life in the Eastern Mediterranean. The chapters in this volume examine texts and material culture within carefully localized analysis while attending to their ideological and socio-economic contexts, expanding upon aspects of Friesen's research and methodology while also forging new directions. The book brings together a diverse and international set of experts including emerging voices in the fields of biblical studies, Roman social history, and classical archaeology, and each essay presents fresh, critically informed analysis of key sites and texts from the periods of Christian origins and Roman imperial rule. Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East is of interest to students and scholars working on Christian origins, ancient Judaism, Roman religion, classical archaeology, and the social history of the Roman Empire, as well as material religion in the ancient Mediterranean more broadly. It is also suitable for religious practitioners within Christian contexts"-- ER -