The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity

by Eric Rebillard

Book Overview

In this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the third century. Through a careful reading of primary sources including legal codes, theological works, epigraphical inscriptions, and sermons, Rebillard shows that there is little evidence to suggest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801446775
• ISBN13: 9780801446771
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher