The world's oldest church : Bible, art, and ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria

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Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions o...

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Main Author: Peppard, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Series:Synkrisis.
Subjects:
Art, Early Christian > Syria > Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Christian art and symbolism > Syria > Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
ART > Subjects & Themes > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Art, Early Christian
Christian art and symbolism
Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Doura-Europos (Ville ancienne)
Syria > Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: January 18, 1932, Excavation Block M8
  • One. Dura- Europos and the World's Oldest Church
  • Two. Anointed like David
  • Three. Lord and Shepherd of the Water
  • Four. The Pro cession of Women
  • Five. A Woman at a Well
  • Conclusion: Paradise Restored
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Index of Ancient Sources

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