The care of the dead in late antiquity /

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 pri...

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Bibliographic Details

Uniform title:	Religion et sépulture.
Author / Creator:	Rebillard, Éric (Author)
Format:	eBook Electronic
Language:	English French
Language notes:	In English.
Imprint:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Series:	Cornell studies in classical philology ; 59.
Subjects:	Death > Religious aspects > Christianity. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient > Rome > Religious aspects. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient > Religious aspects. Death > Religious aspects > Christianity Rome (Empire)
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