Ancient Angels - Conceptualizing Angeloi in the Roman Empire (2011) [PDF] {VTS}

Title: Ancient Angels - Conceptualizing Angeloi in the Roman Empire
Author: Ragnar Cline
Category: Academic/Religion
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishing (March 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9004194533
ISBN-13: 9789004194533



Publisher's summary - "The literary and archaeological evidence indicates that angeli (angeloi) were a significant aspect of religion in the Roman Empire...[although] few readers will associate angeli with Roman religion...The present study attempts to change that...." This is a statement from the author's introduction. Cline lectures in religious studies and history at the U. of Oklahoma; and he's also affiliated with the Vicaus ad Martis Excavations in Italy. Throughout, he uses the Greek and Latin forms of the word for "angels," in order to emphasize his subject as distinct from later understanding and interpretation of angels in Jewish and Christian theology. The study is quite interdisciplinary, drawing on literary, inscriptional, and archaeological sources; and it will interest a wide, interdisciplinary audience of scholars."

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