Ancient Angels

Conceptualizing Angeloi in the Roman Empire

Rangar Cline (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2021
Brill (Verlag)
9789004464209 (ISBN)

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Ancient Angels brings together inscriptional, literary, and archaeological evidence for angels (angeloi) in Roman-era religions. The book examines Roman conceptions of angels, angel veneration, and how Christian authorities responded to this potentially heterodox aspect of Roman religion.

Although angels are typically associated with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ancient Angels demonstrates that angels (angeloi) were also a prominent feature of non-Abrahamic religions in the Roman era. Following an interdisciplinary approach, the study uses literary, inscriptional, and archaeological evidence to examine Roman conceptions of angels, how residents of the empire venerated angels, and how Christian authorities responded to this potentially heterodox aspect of Roman religion. The book brings together the evidence for popular beliefs about angels in Roman religion, demonstrating the widespread nature of speculation about, and veneration of, angels in the Roman Empire.

Rangar H. Cline, Ph.D. (2005) in History, Pennsylvania State University, is Lecturer in Religious Studies and History at the University of Oklahoma and Assistant Supervisor of the Vicus ad Martis Excavations in Italy.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.06.2021
Reihe/Serie	Religions in the Graeco-Roman World ; 172
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	348 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-13	9789004464209 / 9789004464209
Zustand	Neuware