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Author | : S. R. F. Price |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521312684 |
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Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.
Author | : Steven J. Friesen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2001-10-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0195131533 |
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After more than a century of debate about the significance of imperial cults for the interpretation of Revelation, this is the first study to examine both the archaeological evidence and the Biblical text in depth. Friesen argues that a detailed analysis of imperial cults as they were practiced in the first century CE in the region where John was active allows us to understand John's criticism of his society's dominant values. He demonstrates the importance of imperial cults for society at the time when Revelation was written, and shows the ways in which John refuted imperial cosmology through his use of vision, myth, and eschatological expectation.
Author | : Gwynaeth McIntyre |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2019-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004398376 |
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This article surveys the range of ancient literary sources and modern scholarly debates on how individuals became gods in the Roman world and the practices classified under the modern collective heading ‘imperial cult’.
Author | : Steven J. Friesen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2001-10-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198030126 |
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After more than a century of debate about the significance of imperial cults for the interpretation of Revelation, this is the first study to examine both the archaeological evidence and the Biblical text in depth. Friesen argues that a detailed analysis of imperial cults as they were practiced in the first century CE in the region where John was active allows us to understand John's criticism of his society's dominant values. He demonstrates the importance of imperial cults for society at the time when Revelation was written, and shows the ways in which John refuted imperial cosmology through his use of vision, myth, and eschatological expectation.
Author | : Eric Orlin |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2010-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199731551 |
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Introduction -- Foreign cults in Rome -- Cult introductions of the third century -- Foreign priests in Rome -- Prodigies and expiations -- Ludi -- Establishing boundaries in the second century -- The challenges of the first century.
Author | : Duncan Fishwick |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Cults |
ISBN | : 9789004125391 |
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This volume analyzes the priesthood of the provincial cult in every province of the Latin West where evidence has survived in the period from Augustus down to the mid-third century. Particular attention is paid to the epigraphic record, notably the Testimony of honorific statues.
Author | : Robinson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0197666043 |
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Imperial Cults is a comparative study of the transformation of imperial religion and imperial authority in the early Han and Roman empires. During the reigns of the Emperor Wu of Han and Octavian Augustus of Rome, the rulers undertook substantial reforms to their respective systems of cult, at a time when they were re-shaping the idea of imperial authority and consolidating their own power. The changes made to religious institutions during their reigns show how these reforms were a fundamental part of the imperial consolidation. Employing a comparative methodology the author discusses some of the common strategies employed by the two rulers in order to centre religious and political authority around themselves. Both rulers incorporated new men from outside of the established court elite to serve in their religious institutions and as advisors, thus weakening the authority of those who had traditionally held it. They both expanded the reach of their imperially-sponsored cult, and refashioned important ceremonies to demonstrate and communicate the unprecedented achievements of each ruler. Emperor Wu recruited experts in mantic knowledge from far reaches of the empire, while Augustus co-opted loyal followers into the newly revived priestly colleges. Robinson shows how the rulers used their respective religious institutions to consolidate their authority, secure support, and communicate their authority to the elite and commoners alike. By using the comparative approach, the author not only reveals similar trends in the formation of ancient empires, but also shows how new perspectives on familiar material can be found when engaging with other societies.
Author | : Wei Hsien Wan |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2019-10-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 056768444X |
Download The Contest for Time and Space in the Roman Imperial Cults and 1 Peter Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Wei Hsien Wan builds on the work of David Horrell and Travis Williams for his argument that the letter of 1 Peter engages in a subtle, calculated form of resistance to Rome, that has often gone undetected. Whilst previous discussion of the topic has remained largely focused on the letter's stance toward specific Roman institutions, such as the emperor, household structures, and the imperial cults, Wan takes the conversation beyond these confines and examines 1 Peter's critique of the Roman Empire in terms of its ideology or worldview. Using the work of James Scott to conceptualize ideological resistance against domination, Wan considers how the imperial cults of Anatolia and 1 Peter offered distinct constructions of time and space-that is, how they envisioned reality differently. Insofar as these differences led to divergent ways of conceiving the social order, they acquired political power and generated potential for conflict. Wan thus argues that 1 Peter confronts Rome on a cosmic scale with its alternative construal of time and space, and examines the evidence that the Petrine author consciously, if cautiously, interrogated the imperial imagination at its most foundational levels, and set forth in its place a theocentric, Christological understanding of the world.
Author | : Louis Matthews Sweet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Cults |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Duncan Fishwick |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2015-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004295968 |
Download The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume III: Provincial Cult. Part 1: Institution and Evolution Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume deals with the institution and evolution of imperial cult at the provincial level from the earliest foundations under Augustus down to the mid-third century A.D. On the basis of detailed examination of evidence from the different regions or provinces of the Latin west the emphasis of provincial cults can be seen to move first from the living emperor and Roma to the deified emperor, then from a composite cult of living and deified dead emperors to a renewed emphasis on the reigning emperor in the late second and early third centuries. Analysis is based primarily on the study of epigraphical, numismatic and iconographic evidence, generously illuminated by plates. The volume concludes with a series of essays summarizing the main lines of development in the light of various related issues.