Commemorating the dead texts and artifacts in context : studies of Roman, Jewish, and Christian burials

• Autor: Laurie Brink 1961-; Deborah A Green
• Assuntos: Funeral rites and ceremonies; Burial; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Rome; Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies; Funeral service; CATACUMBAS (HISTÓRIA); SEPULTAMENTO (HISTÓRIA); RITOS FUNERÁRIOS (HISTÓRIA); CRISTIANISMO; JUDAÍSMO; COSTUMES; IMPÉRIO ROMANO
• Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-378) and index
  
• Descrição: An overview of the intellectual history of catacomb archaeology / Amy K. Hirschfeld -- Housing the dead / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- Commemorating the dead in the communal cemeteries of Carthage / Susan T. Stevens -- Dining with the dead / Robin M. Jensen -- Sweet spices in the tomb / Deborah Green -- From Columbaria to catacombs / John Bodel -- Roman and Christian burial practices and the patronage of women / Carolyn Osiek -- From Endymion in Roman domus to Jonah in Christian catacombs / David Balch -- Looking for Abericus / Margaret M. Mitchell
  
• Editor: Berlin Walter de Gruyter New York
  
• Data de criação/publicação: c2008
  
• Formato: xiv, 386 p ill. (some col.) 24 cm.
  
• Idioma: Inglês