The Levant / Le Levant: Crossroads of Late Antiquity: History, Religion and Archaeology / Carrefour de l'antiquité Tardive. Histoire, religion et archéologie

510 Pages·2013·14.74 MB·English

by  Ellen Bradshaw Aitken

TheLevant:CrossroadsofLateAntiquity
LeLevant:Carrefourdel'Antiquitétardive
McGill University Monographs in
Classical Archaeology and History
Monographies en Archéologie
et Histoire Classiques de
l’Université McGill
Editor/Rédacteur
Prof.JohnM.Fossey
DèsL,FRSC,FSA
MAHCUM/MUMCAH
DepartmentofArtHistory
McGillUniversity
853ouestrueSherbrooke
Montréal,Québec,CanadaH3A2T6
EditorialAssistants/Assistantsàlared́ action
GinetteGauvin,GeorgeKellaris,PhilipJ.Smith
EditorialConsultants/Conseillersàlared́ action
LéopoldMigeotte,PierreBonnechère
volume 22
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The Levant: Crossroads of
Late Antiquity
History,ReligionandArchaeology
Le Levant: Carrefour de
l’Antiquité tardive
Histoire,religionetarchéologie
Editors/Rédacteurs
EllenBradshawAitkenMDiv,ThD
JohnM.FosseyDèsL,FRSC,FSA
Associates/adjoints
GeorgeKellarisMA
JeffreyKeiserMA,PhD
Assistants
RyanBaileyMA
GinetteGauvinBFA
LEIDEN|BOSTON
Coverillustrations
Frontcover:TreeofLifesurroundedbytwo“Syrian”lambs,centralpanelofa5thcenturycemosaicfrom
NorthWestSyria(Montréal1990.1+11),onloantotheMontréalMuseumofFineArts(inv.no.6.2004.1–2)by
thegovernmentoftheSyrianArabRepublic.Photo,JohnM.Fossey.
Backcover:Smallroundelfroma5th/6thcenturycemosaicfromNorthWestSyria(Montréal1990.31),
presentlocationuncertain.Photo,JohnM.Fossey.
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JohnM.FosseyDèsL,FRSC,FSA;associates/adjoints,GeorgeKellarisMA,JeffreyKeiserMA;assistants,
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Paralleltitle:Levant,carrefourdel'antiquitétardive
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Aitken,EllenBradshaw,1961-II.Fossey,JohnM.III.Kellaris,George.IV.Keiser,Jeffrey.V.Bailey,Ryan.VI.
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Εἰςτὴνἱερὰνμνήμηντῆς
ἙλένηςΠ.Ζωϊτοπούλου
[6Αὐγούστου1946–2Αὐγούστου2007]
Κούφασοιχθὼνἐπάνωθεπέσοι,γύναι.
Euripides,Alkestis462–463
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It will be noticed that some contributions to this book do not adhere com-
pletelytothehousestyleoftheseriesMcGillUniversityMonographsinClassical
ArchaeologyandHistory.Thiswasrenderednecessarybythecomplexnature
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Contents / Table des matières
ListofFigures/Listedesillustrations xi
Preface/Préface xix
section i
LiteratureandTheology/Litératureetthéologie
1 HearingGod’sSilence:IgnatiusofAntiokheiaandtheMusicofthe
Spheres 3
JeffreyKeiser
2 TheBeautyofJesusandHisTwin:RedirectedEroticsintheActsof
Thomas 35
CatherinePlayoust
3 TheVarietiesofReligiousCommunicationintheRhetoricofLoukianos
ofSamosata 65
IanH.Henderson
4 “OneDropofSalvationfromtheHouseofMajesty”:Universal
Revelation,HumanMissionandMythicalGeographyintheSyriac
RevelationoftheMagi 83
BrentLandau
5 OnRecyclingTextsandTraditions:ThePseudo-ClementineRecognitions
andReligiousLifeinFourth-CenturySyria 105
NicoleKelley
6 TheApostolicConstitutionsandtheLaw 113
MarcieLenk
7 SpaceandRitualAction:DivinizationandtheConstructionofSacred
PlaceAccordingtoDionysiosAreopagites 123
RebeccaCoughlin
8 TheRhetoricalTopographyofPrayerintheMysticalTheologyof
Pseudo-Dionysios 133
RachelSmith
viii contents / table des matières
section ii
HistoryandArchaeology/Histoireetarchéologie
9 Lachristianisationdel’Antiochènedansl’Antiquitétardive 145
Pierre-LouisGatier
10 WasEdessaorAdiabenetheGatewayfortheChristianizationof
Mesopotamia? 165
AmirHarrak
11 FromKastrontoQasṛ :NessanabetweenByzantiumandtheUmayyad
Caliphateca.602–689.DemographicandMicroeconomicAspectsof
PalaestinaIIIinInterregionalPerspective 181
FrankR.Trombley
12 Palmyre,delaville—centrecommercialinternational—àla
ville—centremilitaireetchrétien 225
ChristianeDelplace
13 RaselBassitandtheLateAntiqueArchaeologicalLandscapeof
CoastalNorthSyria 255
NicolasBeaudry
14 RomeandtheGhassānids:ComparativePerspectivesonConversion,
BoundariesandPowerinNearEasternBorderlands 273
GregFisher
15 CrossroadsintheDesert 293
JohnWortley
16 UnityandIndividuality:ReflectionsonImagesofAnimalsfromSouth
SyriaintheRomanImperialPeriod 305
FeliciaMeynersen
section iii
TheMosaics/Lesmosaïques
17 ManagementandPreservationofMosaicsinSyria:BetweenTheory
andPractice 335
AmrAl-Azm
18 BarrerlarouteauMalin:unetypologiedesstratégiesutilisées.Images
etsignesàfonctionnementsécuritairesursupportfixedans
l’Antiquitétardive 347
PaulineDonceel-Voûte
contents / table des matières ix
19 Contributiondelamosaïquesyrienneàl’iconographie
chrétienne 401
RafahJwejati
20 ThoughtsontheMeaningofa“Decorative”EarlyChristian
Mosaic 423
GeorgeKellaris
Summation/Conclusion 445
Indices/Registres
1 PersonalNames/Nomsdepersonnes 455
2 PlaceNames/Toponymes 461
3 AncientTexts/Textesanciens 467