The afterlife in early Christian Carthage :
Potthoff, Stephen,
The afterlife in early Christian Carthage : near-death experience, ancestor cult, and the archaeology of paradise in the ancient Mediterranean world / Stephen E. Potthoff. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in the early Christian world .
Academic
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction Chapter 1: Rebirthing Paradise in the Sacred Space of Vision and Cemetery Chapter 2: Ghosts, Graveside Dining, and Dreams of Paradise: Mediterranean Ancestor Cult in the Early Christian Period Chapter 3: Mediterranean Ancestor Cult in Carthage: Hungry Ghosts and the Roman Cemetery as Other World Chapter 4: Dining, Divining, and Divorcing the Dead: The Age of Tertullian and Perpetua Chapter 5: The Age of Cyprian: Burial Clubs and Banquets in Paradise Chapter 6: The Age of Augustine: Burial ad sanctos, Graveside Parties, and the Abodes of Body and Soul after Death Chapter 7: Christian Burial ad sanctos at Carthage: Pressing on to Heaven in the Paradisal Realm of the Cemetery Chapter 8: Refreshment and Reunion in the Garden of Light: Sculpting Paradise at the Grave Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Christian cemeteries--Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city)
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Future life--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Carthage (Extinct city)--Church history.
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The afterlife in early Christian Carthage : near-death experience, ancestor cult, and the archaeology of paradise in the ancient Mediterranean world / Stephen E. Potthoff. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in the early Christian world .
Academic
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction Chapter 1: Rebirthing Paradise in the Sacred Space of Vision and Cemetery Chapter 2: Ghosts, Graveside Dining, and Dreams of Paradise: Mediterranean Ancestor Cult in the Early Christian Period Chapter 3: Mediterranean Ancestor Cult in Carthage: Hungry Ghosts and the Roman Cemetery as Other World Chapter 4: Dining, Divining, and Divorcing the Dead: The Age of Tertullian and Perpetua Chapter 5: The Age of Cyprian: Burial Clubs and Banquets in Paradise Chapter 6: The Age of Augustine: Burial ad sanctos, Graveside Parties, and the Abodes of Body and Soul after Death Chapter 7: Christian Burial ad sanctos at Carthage: Pressing on to Heaven in the Paradisal Realm of the Cemetery Chapter 8: Refreshment and Reunion in the Garden of Light: Sculpting Paradise at the Grave Conclusion Bibliography Index
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time;
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
9781317294061 (ePub ebook) : £34.99 £105.00 9781317294078 (PDF ebook) : £34.99 9781317294054 (Mobipocket ebook) : £34.99 9781315646121 (ebook) : £34.99
9781317294061 Ingram Content Group
GBB6J5459 bnb
Christian cemeteries--Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city)
Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Future life--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Carthage (Extinct city)--Church history.
276.1101