Dressing Judeans and Christians in antiquity
"This volume aims to understand religious aspects of dress in the ancient world by examining a diverse range of religious sources, including literature, art, performance, coinage, economic markets, and memories. Contributors demonstrate how dress developed as a topos within Judean and Christian...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Farnham [u.a.]
Ashgate
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: UPSON-SAIA, KRISTI, Dressing Judeans and Christians in Antiquity] (2016) (Gansell, Amy Rebecca)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jews (Motif)
/ Christian (Motif)
/ Clothing (Motif)
/ Art
/ History 40-700
B Church / Judaism / Clothing / History |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Rabbinical literature History and criticism B Clothing and dress Religious aspects Christianity B Clothing and dress Religious aspects Judaism |
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| Summary: | "This volume aims to understand religious aspects of dress in the ancient world by examining a diverse range of religious sources, including literature, art, performance, coinage, economic markets, and memories. Contributors demonstrate how dress developed as a topos within Judean and Christian rhetoric, symbolism, and performance, and show how religious meanings were entangled with other social logics, revealing the many layers of meaning attached to ancient dress, as well as the extent to which dress was implicated in numerous domains of religious life"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1472422767 |