Families in the Greco-Roman World
Author | : Ray Laurence |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1441139273 |
New approaches to the study of the family in antiquity.
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Author | : Ray Laurence |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1441139273 |
New approaches to the study of the family in antiquity.
Author | : Beryl Rawson |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2011-01-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1405187670 |
A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families. Provides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history Includes contributions from established and rising international scholars Features illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellings Honorable Mention for 2011 Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences PROSE award granted by the Association of American Publishers
Author | : Ray Laurence |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS |
ISBN | : 9781472540683 |
The family has been recognised in the ancient world as the key social institution on which both society and the state are based. However, in the pre-Classical and Classical world the family was constructed in dissimilar ways and provides the means to explaining why the civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean, although sharing many cultural features, in fact differed greatly. This volume draws on the most recent work of leading scholars in the field with the aim of establishing a new understanding of the ancient family for the 21st century. In so doing, the book includes new approaches to social institutions, depictions of women and children, the Seleucid dynasty as a negative model of family, the inclusion of Etruscan societies, and a fundamental re-assessment of the family in antiquity.
Author | : Carolyn Osiek |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664255466 |
What was the family like for the first Christians? Informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures, this work is a remarkable window into the past, one that both informs and illuminates our current condition. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.
Author | : Mary Harlow |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1441174028 |
This volume seeks to explain developments within the structure of the family in antiquity, in particular in the later Roman Empire and late antiquity. Contributions extend the traditional chronological focus on the Roman family to include the transformation of familial structures in the newly formed kingdoms of late antiquity in Europe, thus allowing a greater historical perspective and establishing a new paradigm for the study of the Roman family. Drawing on the latest research by leading scholars in the field the book includes new approaches to the life course and the family in the Byzantine empire, family relationships in the dynasty of Constantine the Great, death, burial and commemoration of newborn children in Roman Italy, and widows and familial networks in Roman Egypt. In short, this volume seeks to establish a new agenda for the understanding of the Roman family and its transformation in late antiquity.
Author | : Moyer V. Hubbard |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441237097 |
Background becomes foreground in Moyer Hubbard's creative introduction to the social and historical setting for the letters of the Apostle Paul to churches in Asia Minor and Europe. Hubbard begins each major section with a brief narrative featuring a fictional character in one of the great cities of that era. Then he elaborates on various aspects of the cultural setting related to each particular vignette, discussing the implications of those venues for understanding Paul's letters and applying their message to our lives today. Addressing a wide array of cultural and traditional issues, Hubbard discusses: • religion and superstition • education, philosophy, and oratory • urban society • households and family life in the Greco-Roman world This work is based on the premise that the better one understands the historical and social context in which the New Testament (and Paul's letters) was written, the better one will understand the writings of the New Testament themselves. Passages become clearer, metaphors deciphered, and images sharpened. Teachers, students, and laypeople alike will appreciate Hubbard's unique, illuminating, and well-researched approach to the world of the early church.
Author | : James S. Jeffers |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2009-08-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830878025 |
James S. Jeffers provides an informative tour of the various facets of the Roman world--class and status, family and community, work and leisure, religion and organization, city and country, law and government, death and taxes, and the events of Roman history.
Author | : Shaye J. D. Cohen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781930675308 |
Author | : Walter Scheidel |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 17 |
Release | : 2007-11-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0521780535 |
In this, the first comprehensive survey of the economies of classical antiquity, twenty-eight chapters summarise the current state of scholarship in their specialised fields and sketch new directions for research. They reflect a new interest in economic growth in antiquity and develop new methods for measuring economic development, often combining textual and archaeological data that have previously been treated separately.
Author | : David L. Balch |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780802839862 |
Typical studies of marriage and family in the early Christian period focus on very limited evidence found in Scripture. This interdisciplinary book offers a broader, richer picture of the first Christian families by drawing together research by experts ranging from archaeologists to ancient historians. By exploring the nature of households in the ancient Greco-Roman world, the contributors assemble a new understanding of ancient Christian families that is both compelling and instructive. Divided into six parts, the book covers key aspects of ancient family life, from meals and child-rearing to women's roles and the lives of slaves. Three concluding chapters explore the implications of all this information for theological education today. Contributors: David L. Balch Suzanne Dixon J. Albert Harrill Ross S. Kraemer Christian Laes Peter Lampe Amy-Jill Levine Margaret Y. MacDonald Dale Martin Eric M. Meyers Margaret M. Mitchell Carolyn Osiek Beryl Rawson Richard Saller Timothy F. Sedgwick Monika Trumper Andrew Wallace-Hadrill