Religion in Roman Egypt
by David Frankfurter
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"This exploration of cultural resilience examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion (roughly 100 to 600 C.E.). Taking into account the full range of witnesses to continuing native piety - from papyri and saints' lives to archaeology and terra-cotta figurines - and drawing on anthropological studies of folk religion, David Frankfurter argues show more that the religion of Pharaonic Egypt did not die out as early as has been supposed but was instead relegated from political centers to village and home, where it continued a vigorous existence for centuries."--Jacket show lessTags
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David Frankfurter, Ph.D. (1990) Princeton University, is Professor of Religion at Boston University. A scholar religions, Frankfurter is the author of Religion in Roman Egypt (Princeton, 1998); and Christianizing Egypt (Princeton, 2017), as well as many articles on magic and popular devotion.
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- Original publication date
- 1998
- Important places
- Egypt; Roman Empire; Roman Egypt
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 200.932 — Religion The Bible & Christianity Religion History, geographic treatment, biography Ancient world
- LCC
- BL2455 .F73 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions African Egyptian
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
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