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Life : the natural history of an early Christian universe / Catherine Michael Chin

Author
Chin, Catherine M., 1972-
Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Physical Description
viii, 244 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Contents
A note on images -- Introduction : Life, or, stories from an early Christian universe -- Small alive things -- You grew here -- A horizon is not a limit -- The future is very far away and we have not arrived there yet -- Conclusion : A confession about methods -- Appendix : Image descriptions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Source index.
Summary
"A vivid and intimate glimpse of ancient life under the sway of cosmic and spiritual forces that the modern world has forgotten. Life: the natural history of an early Christian universe immerses the reader in the cosmic sea of existences that made up the late ancient Mediterranean world, Loosely structured around events in the biography of one early Christian writer and traveler [Rufinus of Aquileia], this book weaves together the philosophical, religious, sensory, and scientific worlds of the later Roman Empire to tell the story of how human lives were lived under different natural and spiritual laws than those we now know today" - provided by publisher.
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0520400674 hardcover
9780520400672 hardcover
0520400682 paperback
9780520400689 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographic references and indexes.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment
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