The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology

by David K. Pettegrew; William Rodney Caraher; Thomas W. Davis

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

, 2019

Overview

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology brings together significant work by leading scholars of the archaeology of early Christianity in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The thirty-four contributions to this volume ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in archaeological method, theory, and research. Collectively the essays emphasize the link between fieldwork, archaeological methods, and regional and national traditions in constructing our knowledge of the early Church, Christian communities, and the context of the ancient Mediterranean. An introductory essay provides historical and chronological perspectives on the archaeology of the early Christian world. This is followed by two chapters on the archaeology of the earliest Christ-followers and a series of topical treatments that focus on significant types of objects common to Christian contexts—ceramics, lamps, icons, and monuments—and contexts ranging from Christian churches to martyria, catacombs, and baths. Finally, the volume locates the archaeology of the early Christian world in a series of regional studies stretching from Britain to Persia. These regional studies situate the archaeology of early Christianity in historical contexts shaped by ancient geography and modern national archaeological traditions. The thorough, carefully researched, and fully referenced essays offer the most intensive, state-of-the-art treatment of recent research into the archaeology of early Christianity currently available.

Key Features

• Devotes itself to the field that explores the intersections of Christianity and material culture between the first and seventh centuries
• Offers a fresh look at how archaeological practice has informed and shaped historical knowledge of Christian communities
• Provides up-to-date sytheses and new interpretations of evidence from more than two centuries of archaeological investigations of sites, buildings, and artifacts that have enhanced and complemented a view of ancient Christianity

Contents

• I The Archaeology of Ancient Christianity
• II Sacred Space and Mortuary Contexts
• III Art and Artifacts in Context
• IV Christian Archaeology in Regional Perspective

Product Details

• Title: The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology
• Authors: David K. Pettegrew, William Rodney Caraher, Thomas W. Davis
• Series: Oxford Handbooks
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 707
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Christian antiquities
• ISBNs: 9780199369058, 9780199369065, 9780190917562, 9780199369041, 9780197625316, 0199369054, 0199369062, 0190917563, 0199369046, 0197625312
• Resource ID: LLS:OXFORDHBKEXTNARCH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:34:14Z