Scenting Salvation

Susan Ashbrook Harvey

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 42
• This book explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity (first - seventh centuries AD) by focusing on the importance of smell ... Lees meer

Holy Women of the Syrian Orient

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 13
• The fifteen hagiographies about holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and saints' lives, pious romances ... Lees meer

A State of Mixture

Richard E Payne

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 56
• Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire, that integrated culturally and ... Lees meer

Riot in Alexandria

Edward J Watts

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 46
• This innovative study uses one well-documented moment of violence as a starting point for a wide-ranging examination of the ideas and interactions of ... Lees meer

Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 31
• The two centuries between a.d. 250 and a.d. 450 witnessed the creation of a distinctive Christian Greek culture in the eastern part of the Roman empir... Lees meer

The Final Pagan Generation

Edward J Watts

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 53
• The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted t... Lees meer

The Rich and the Pure

Daniel Caner

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• A portrait of history's first complex Christian society as seen through the lens of Christian philanthropy and gift giving As the Roman Empire broke d... Lees meer

Theodoret's People

Adam M Schor

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 48
• Theodoret's People sheds new light on religious clashes of the mid-fifth century regarding the nature (or natures) of Christ. Adam M. Schor focuses on... Lees meer

Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia

Kyle Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 57
• It is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire... Lees meer

Symeon the Holy Fool

Derek Krueger

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 25
• This first English translation of Leontius of Neapolis's Life of Symeon the Fool brings alive one of the most colorful of early Christian saints. In t... Lees meer

Ambrose of Milan

Neil B McLynn

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 22
• In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this ve... Lees meer

What Makes a Church Sacred?

Mary K Farag

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What is the purpose of a church? Who owns a church? Mary K. F... Lees meer

Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 55
• Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches analyzes the hagiographic traditions of seven missionary saints in the Syriac heritage dur... Lees meer

Leadership & Community in Late Ancient Gaul

Raymond Van Dam

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 8
• The rise of Christianity to the dominant position it held in the Middle Ages remains a paradoxical achievement. Early Christian communities in Gaul ha... Lees meer

Barbarians and Politics at the Court of Arcadius

Alan Cameron, Jacqueline Long

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 19
• The chaotic events of A.D. 395-400 marked a momentous turning point for the Roman Empire and its relationship to the barbarian peoples under and beyon... Lees meer

Apex Omnium

R L Rike

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• One of the masterpieces of Greco-Roman literature is the history written by Ammianus Marcellinus near the end of the fourth century A.D. His work bear... Lees meer

A State of Mixture

Richard E Payne

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 56
• Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire, that integrated culturally and ... Lees meer

The Barbarian Plain

Elizabeth Key Fowden

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 28
• During the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. there arose on the Euphrates frontier, between the empires of Rome and Iran, a city girded with glittering g... Lees meer

The Two Eyes of the Earth

Matthew P Canepa

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 45
• This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates ... Lees meer

Being Christian in Vandal Africa

Robin Whelan

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 59
• Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal kingdom, the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, c... Lees meer

In Praise of Later Roman Emperors

C E V Nixon, Barbara Saylor Rodgers

• Paperback | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 21
• Here, for the first time, is an annotated English translation of the eleven later panegyrics (291-389 C.E.) of the XII Panegyrici Latini , with the or... Lees meer

The Private Orations of Themistius

Robert J Penella

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 29
• Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the fourth century A.D. In this first tr... Lees meer

On Roman Time

Michele Renee Salzman

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 17
• Because they list all the public holidays and pagan festivals of the age, calendars provide unique insights into the culture and everyday life of anci... Lees meer

Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa

Leslie Dossey

• Hardcover | Engels | Transformation of the Classical Heritage | nr. 47
• This remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fascinating new picture of ... Lees meer