Reading the Way to the Netherworld: Education and the Representations of the Beyond in Later Antiquity (Aufl.)

Contributor(s): Abate, Elisabetta (Contribution by), Bumazhnov, Dmitrij F (Contribution by), Dowden, Ken (Contribution by), Egelhaaf-Gaiser, Ulrike (Contribution by), Korte, Petra (Contribution by), Lefteratou, Anna (Contribution by), Maciver, Calum A (Contribution by), Moreschini, Chiara O Tommasi (Contribution by), Naiweld, Ron (Contribution by), Nesselrath, Heinz-Gunther (Contribution by), Oikonomopoulou, Katerina (Contribution by), Otlewska-Jung, Marta (Contribution by), Panayotakis, Stelios (Contribution by), Ramelli, Ilaria (Contribution by), Rebello, Merryl (Contribution by), Ryser, Gabriela (Contribution by), Stamatopoulos, Konstantinos (Contribution by), Villani, Andrea (Contribution by), Lefteratou, Anna (Editor), Ryser, Gabriela (Editor), Stamatopoulos, Konstantinos (Editor), Tanaseanu-Dobler, Ilinca (Editor)

ISBN: 9783525540305

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Hardcover

$184.00

Pub Date: December 5, 2016

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 550 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | History | Christianity | General

Series: Beitrage Zur Europaischen Religionsgeschichte

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The volume focuses on the various representations of the Beyond in later Antiquity, a period of intense interaction and competition between various religious traditions and ideals of education. The concepts and images clustering around the Beyond form a crucial focal point for understanding the dynamics of religion and education in l