Religion in Roman Egypt (eBook)

Assimilation and Resistance

David Frankfurter (Autor)

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2020
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21473-3 (ISBN)

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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 terracotta figurines--and drawing on anthropological studies of folk religion, David Frankfurter argues that the religion of Pharonic 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. In analyzing the fate of the Egyptian oracle and of the priesthoods, the function of magical texts, and the dynamics of domestic cults, Frankfurter describes how an ancient culture maintained itself while also being transformed through influences such as Hellenism, Roman government, and Christian dominance. Recognizing the special characteristics of Egypt, which differentiated it from the other Mediterranean cultures that were undergoing simultaneous social and political changes, he departs from the traditional "e;decline of paganism/triumph of Christianity"e; model most often used to describe the Roman period. By revealing late Egyptian religion in its Egyptian historical context, he moves us away from scenarios of Christian triumph and shows us how long and how energetically pagan worship survived.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Bollingen Series
• Reihe/Serie: Bollingen Series
• Reihe/Serie: Bollingen Series (General)
• Reihe/Serie: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology
• Reihe/Serie: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology
• Zusatzinfo: 1 map, 1 line illus., 23 halftones
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Schlagworte: Abydos • Ammianus Marcellinus • Amulet • amulets • Amun • Ancient Egypt • Ancient Egyptian deities • Apis bull • Apis (deity) • Apocalypse of Elijah • Apuleius • Asceticism • Astrology • Atripe • Bes • Blemmyes • Buchis • Canopus (Delta) • Christianity • christianization • Christian Literature • Christian pilgrimage • Concupiscence • Coptic art • Coptic period • copts • Culture of Egypt • Deir el-Bahari • Deir el-Medina • deity • Demonology • demons and demonology • Demotic (Egyptian) • dichotomy • diocletian • Divination • domestic religion • Edfu • edict • egyptians • Egyptian temple • Egyptology • Egypt (Roman province) • Elijah • Epigraphy • Ethnic religion • Eunapius • Exorcism • Faiyum • Festivals • folk religion • Gesios • God • Greeks • Grimoire • Hagiography • Harpocrates • healing and healers • Hellenistic period • hellenization • Hermetica • Herodotus • homily • Horus • Iconoclasm • Iconography • Ideology • Isis • Jews and Judaism • John of Lycopolis • Karanis • Khnum • Late Antiquity • Lecture • Libanius • Libanius of Antioch • Literature • Liturgy • Lucian • Magi • Mandulis • Manichaeism • Menouthis • Min (Pan) • Monastery • naoi • National Endowment for the Humanities • Oracle • Oracles • Osiris • Oxyrhynchus • Paganism • Paphnuti • Petbe • Philae • piety • Plutarch • Polemic • Prayer • procession • Prophecy • Proscription • Protestantism • Ptolemaic Kingdom • Re-Harmachis • Religion • religious text • Rite • Roman Empire • Rufinus • Saint • Satire • Scriptorium • Serapeum • Serapis • Sermon • Seth (Typhon) • Shai • Shenoute • Stele • Supernatural • Syncretism • Syria • Taweret • terracotta figurines • The Other Hand • tomb • veneration • Worship • Writing • writing system
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21473-5 / 0691214735
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21473-3 / 9780691214733