Palestine in Late Antiquity (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Palestine in Late Antiquity Hagith Sivan offers an unconventional study of one corner of the Roman Empire in late antiquity, weaving around the theme of conflict strands of distinct histories, and of peoples and places, highlighting Palestine's polyethnicity, and cultural, topographical, architectural, and religious diversity. During the period 300-650 CE the fortunes of the 'east' and the 'west' were intimately linked. Thou...
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 15 April 2008
- Format: Hardback 464 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Christianity
- ISBN 13: 9780199284177 ISBN 10: 0199284172
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Full description for Palestine in Late Antiquity
Hagith Sivan offers an unconventional study of one corner of the Roman Empire in late antiquity, weaving around the theme of conflict strands of distinct histories, and of peoples and places, highlighting Palestine's polyethnicity, and cultural, topographical, architectural, and religious diversity. During the period 300-650 CE the fortunes of the 'east' and the 'west' were intimately linked. Thousands of westerners in the guise of pilgrims, pious monks, soldiers, and civilians flocked to what became a Christian holy land. This is the era that witnessed the transformation of Jerusalem from a sleepy Roman town built on the ruins of spectacular Herodian Jerusalem into an international centre of Christianity and ultimately into a centre of Islamic worship. It was also a period of unparalleled prosperity for the frontier zones, and a time when religious experts were actively engaged in guiding their communities while contesting each other's rights to the Bible and its interpretation.
