Rome and religion : a cross-disciplinary dialogue on the imperial cult / edited by Jeffrey Brodd and Jonathan L. Reed.

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2011], ©2011.

xiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Methodological and theoretical issues. The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider? / Karl Galinsky -- Normal religion, or, Words fail us : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider?" / Steven J. Friesen -- To complicate encounters : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider?" / James Constantine Hanges -- Religion, Roman religion, emperor worship / Jeffrey Brodd -- Augustan religion : from locative to utopian / Eric M. Orlin -- The imperial cult at specific sites. Imperial cult in Roman Corinth : a response to Karl Galinsky's "The cult of the Roman emperor : uniter or divider?" / Barbette Stanley Spaeth -- Embedding Rome in Athens / Nancy Evans -- Honoring Trajan in Pergamum : imperial temples in the "second city" / Daniel N. Schowalter -- Searching for Rome and the imperial cult in Galilee : reassessing Galilee-Rome relations (63 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.) / James S. McLaren -- Christian and Jewish engagement. Roman imperial power : a perspective from the New Testament / Warren Carter -- The emperor as Christ and Christian iconography / Robin M. Jensen -- Capitalizing on the imperial cult : some Jewish perspectives / L. Michael White -- Prospects and responses. In the shadow (or not) of the imperial cult : a cooperative agenda / Karl Galinsky -- Response to Karl Galinsky, "In the shadow (or not) of the imperial cult : a cooperative agenda" / H. Gregory Snyder -- Response to Galinsky, White, and Carter / Nancy Evans.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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