The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology

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David K. Pettegrew William R. Caraher (Associate professor of history, Associate professor of history, University of North Dakota)

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology

David K. Pettegrew, William R. Caraher (Associate professor of history, Associate professor of history, University of North Dakota), Thomas W. Davis

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Oxford University Press Inc
04 February 2019

History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; Biblical archaeology; The Early Church

Series: Oxford Handbooks

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology brings together expert work by leading scholars of the archaeology of Early Christianity and the Roman world in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions. The thirty-four contributions to this volume survey Christian material culture and ground the history, culture, and society of the first seven centuries of Christianity in archaeological method, theory, and research. The essays emphasize the link between archaeological fieldwork, methods, and regional and national traditions in constructing our knowledge of the Early Church and Christian communities within the context of the ancient Mediterranean, Near East, and Europe. Three sweeping introductory essays provide historical perspectives on the archaeology of the Early Christian world. These are followed by a series of topical treatments that focus on monuments and environments ranging from Christian churches to catacombs, martyria, and baths, as well as classes of objects of religious significance such as ceramics, lamps, and icons. Finally, the volume locates the archaeology of the Early Christian world in fifteen regional studies stretching from Britain to Persia, highlighting the unique historical contexts that have shaped scholarly discussion across time and space. The thorough, carefully-researched essays offer the most intensive, state-of-the-art treatment of recent research into the archaeology of Early Christianity available.

Edited by: David K. Pettegrew, William R. Caraher (Associate professor of history, Associate professor of history, University of North Dakota), Thomas W. Davis
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 183mm, Width: 249mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.225kg
ISBN: 9780199369041
ISBN 10: 0199369046
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 728
Publication Date: 04 February 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David K. Pettegrew is a scholar of the ancient Mediterranean and Early Christian world. He has participated in and directed archaeological research programs in the United States, Greece, and Cyprus, and authored articles and books on Greek, Roman, and Late Antique cities and landscapes. William R. Caraher is an associate professor of history at the University of North Dakota. His interests include the archaeology of Late Antique and Early Christian worlds and the archaeology of contemporary America. Thomas W. Davis is an archaeologist with more than three decades of field experience in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and the United States. A specialist in the New Testament world of Paul, he served as Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology

remains a tremendous reference for those interested in the field - and also interested in Christian origins and church history ... [it] will serve as a benchmark survey for years to come. * Jamin Andreas Hubner, Reading Religion *