Seeing the God
Image, Space, Performance, and Vision in the Religion of the Roman Empire
Edited by Jörg Rüpke Edited by Harry O. Maier Edited by Marlis Arnhold
Hardback (Published)
(August 2018)
ISBN: 9783161557217
6.5 x 9.61 inches
Price: $216.00
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This volume explores the role of the visual in helping to create a vision of the gods and how commitment to the visibility of the divine affected ancient religious practices, rituals, and beliefs. The essays deploy a wide range of disciplines that include archaeology, iconology, cultural studies, and the cognitive sciences to consider the visual aspects of ancient religion from a variety of angles.
The first inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary work of its kind, this book focuses on the importance of visual culture in the study of classical, Roman, and Christian antiquity. It explores the role of the visual in helping to create a vision of the gods and how commitment to the visibility of the divine affected ancient religious practices, rituals, and beliefs. The essays deploy a wide range of disciplines that include archaeology, iconology, cultural studies, visual anthropology, the study of ancient rhetoric, and the cognitive sciences to consider the visual aspects of ancient religion from a variety of angles. This groundbreaking book promises to advance the discussion of the importance and role of visual culture in shaping the religions of antiquity in significant new ways. Contributors: Marlis Arnhold, David Balch, Steve Friesen, Richard L. Gordon, Kristine Iara, Robin Jensen, Brigitte Kahl, Harry O. Maier, Katharina Rieger, Vernon K. Robbins, Jorg Rupke, Annette Weissenrieder
Introduction
Section 1: Forms of Imagining Divine Presences and of Referring to Divine Agents
Steven J. Friesen: Material Conditions for Seeing the Divine: The Temple of the Sebastoi at Ephesos and the Vision of the Heavenly Throne in Revelation 4-5 - Katharina Rieger: Imagining the Absent and Perceiving the Present: An Interpretation of Material Remains of Divinities from the Rock Sanctuary at Caesarea Philippi (Gaulantis) - Kristine Iara: Seeing the Gods in Late Antique Rome - Jörg Rüpke: Not Gods Alone: on the Visibility of Religion and Religious Specialists in Ancient Rome
Section 2: Modes of Image Creation and Appropriation of Iconographies and Visual Cues
Richard L. Gordon: Getting it Right: Performative Images in Greco-Egyptian Magical Practice - Marlis Arnhold: Imagining Mithras in Light of Iconographic Standardization and Individual Accentuation - Robin Jensen: The Polymorphous Jesus in Early Christian Image and Text - David Balch: Founders of Rome, of Athens, and of the Church: Romulus, Theseus, and Jesus. Theseus and Ariadne with Athena Visually Represented in Rome, Pompeii and Herculaneum
Section 3: Evocation of Specific Images in People's Minds
Harry O. Maier: Seeing the Blood of God: The Triumphant Charade of Ignatius of Antioch the God-Bearer - Annette Weissenrieder: Space and Vision of the Divine: The Temple Imagery of the Epistle to the Ephesians - Brigitte Kahl: Citadel of the God(s) or Satan's Throne: The Image of the Divine at the Great Altar of Pergamon between Ruler Religion and Apocalyptic Counter-Vision - Vernon K. Robbins: Kinetic Divine Concepts, the Baptist, and the Enfleshed Logos in the Prologue and Precreation Storyline of the Fourth Gospel
Marlis Arnhold (Herausgegeben von)
is Akademische Rätin at the Department of Classical Archaeology of the University of Bonn.
Harry O. Maier (Herausgegeben von)
is Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Vancouver School of Theology.
Jörg Rüpke (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1962; 1989 Dr. phil. in Tübingen; 1994 habilitation in Tübingen; 2021 Dr. h.c. in Graz and 2025 Dr. h.c. in Aarhus; Professor of Comparative Religious Studies and Vice Director of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt.
- Edited by Jörg Rüpke
- Edited by Harry O. Maier
- Edited by Marlis Arnhold
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