City and Sanctuary: Religion and Architecture in the Roman Near EastSCM Press, 2002 - 209 pagina's This volume challenges some common assumptions about the culture of the early Byzantine Near East by examining the architecture and urban design of five cities in that period. The author assesses the various kinds of religious structure found in each city, including cult centres, temples dedicated to the Olympian gods and buildings set aside for mystery religions. He also shows how the effects of these sanctuaries on civic religious life were hugely important and influential, and shaped the way that citizens conceived of their city and of themselves. This book should be of interest to: scholars and students of the New Testament and of the Hellenistic period; scholars and students of Judaic studies; scholars and students of Classical studies; and non-specialists interested in the life and times of the ancient world. |
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Roman expansion and Romanization | 7 |
Rome and the Levant | 26 |
Rome and Arabia | 53 |
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adyton altar Antonia Fortress Arab Arabia archaeological architectural axis Ba'al Shamim Basilica bath building built Caesarea Maritima central centre century BCE Christian Church city's civic colonnaded colonnaded street columns courtyard cultural decorated Decumanus Dionysus Dushara earlier early 2nd east eastern evidence excavations façade focus Gate Gerasa harbour Hasmonean Hellenistic Herod Herodian hippodrome imperial cult important indigenous inscription Jerusalem Jewish Josephus Judea Khasneh late 1st late 2nd late first century later layout Levant lower temenos major monumental arch Nabatean naos Nebo nymphaeum Octavian orientation Oval Piazza Palmyra Petra plaza pool processional propylaea province religion Revolt Richardson Roma and Augustus Roman period Roman world Rome Rome's Royal sanctuary stairs Strato's Tower synagogue Syria temenos temple mount Temple of Artemis Temple of Bel Temple of Dionysus Temple of Dushara Temple of Roma tetrakionion theatre tion tombs traditional Tyropoeon Valley urban design wadi wall Zeus
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