Tag: Roman Empire

Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire: Ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians

David Wheeler-Reed, Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire: Ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians,Yale University Press, New Haven – London,  2017.

A New Testament scholar challenges the belief that American family values are based on “Judeo-Christian” norms by drawing unexpected comparisons between ancient Christian theories and modern discourses. Challenging the long-held assumption …

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Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy

A. Edward Siecienski (ed.), Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy,  Routledge, London – New York 2017.  

Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy brings together some of the English-speaking world’s leading Constantinian scholars for an interdisciplinary study of the life and legacy of the first Christian emperor. For many, …

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Acts of the Apostles and the Rhetoric of Roman Imperialism

Drew W. Billings, Acts of the Apostles and the Rhetoric of Roman Imperialism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge – New York  2017.

Acts of the Apostles is normally understood as a historical report of events of the early church and serves as the organizing centerpiece of the New Testament canon. In this book, Drew …

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Beyond Priesthood: Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire

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Richard L. Gordon, Georgia Petridou, Jörg Rüpke (ed.), Beyond Priesthood: Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire, De Gruyter, Berlin 2017.

 

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 …

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Κώστας Μπουραζέλης, Οι τρόφιμοι της λύκαινας

Κώστας Μπουραζέλης, Οι τρόφιμοι της λύκαινας, Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, Αθήνα 2017.

Η παράδοση πολιτικού ρεαλισμού και προσαρμοστικότητας της Ρώμης έθετε το imperium πάνω από την κοιτίδα του, την urbs. Η έννοια και η πραγμάτωση του imperium συνέδεσε σε μια νέα ενότητα urbs και orbis, για να θυμηθούμε τη γνωστή ρήση του Γαλάτη Ρωμαίου …

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Online Coins of the Roman Empire

KENOM project joins Nomisma/OCRE   The KENOM project, a consortium of 13 German institutions contributing into a central numismatic portal, has been integrated into Nomisma.org. More than 4,500 Roman Imperial coins from three institutions (The State Coin Collection of Munich, the Coin Cabinet of the University of Goettingen, and Thuringian Museum for Pre- and Early …

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