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  • The Cross

    History, Art, and Controversy

    " This erudite history illuminates the social, cultural, as well as theological developments of the cross" through 2000 years of its symbolic evolution ( Library Journal).Jesus's death on the cross posed a dilemma for Saint Paul and the early Church fathers. Crucifixion was a humiliating form of execution reserved for slaves and criminals. How could their messiah and savior have been subjected to ... Leer más

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  • Christianity in Roman Africa

    The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs

    In-depth, illustrated exploration of how early North African Christians lived out their faithUsing a combination of literary and archeological evidence, this in-depth, illustrated book documents the development of Christian practices and doctrine in Roman Africa -- contemporary Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco -- from the second century through the Arab conquest in the seventh century.Robin ... Leer más

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    The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs

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  • Understanding Early Christian Art

    Series series Understanding the Ancient World
    Surveying the content and character of early Christian iconography from the third to the sixth century CE, this substantially revised and updated new edition of Understanding Early Christian Art makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to students.It opens by discussing a series of questions pertaining to the evidence itself and how scholars through the centuries have regarded this ... Leer más

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art

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    The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art surveys a broad spectrum of Christian art produced from the late second to the sixth centuries. The first part of the book opens with a general survey of the subject and then presents fifteen essays that discuss specific media of visual art—catacomb paintings, sculpture, mosaics, gold glass, gems, reliquaries, ceramics, icons, ivories, textiles, silver ... Leer más

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  • From Idols to Icons

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    Series Libro 12 - Christianity in Late Antiquity
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