THE FATE OF THE TEMPLES IN LATE ANTIQUE EGYPT.
As elsewhere the fate of the temples in late antique Egypt has often been perceived through the lens of the (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of the destruction of temples and their conversion into churches. When one looks at the other types of sources available from Egypt--ins...
| Publicado en: | Late Antique Archaeology Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 389 - 437 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=158454695&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 158454695 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15706893 1UW5 jtl: Late Antique Archaeology issn: 15706893 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2011 vid: 7 iid: 1 pid: 639 pub: Brill Academic Publishers artinfo: ui: 158454695 10.1163/22134522-90000163 ppf: 389 ppct: 48 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 5.8MB tig: atl: THE FATE OF THE TEMPLES IN LATE ANTIQUE EGYPT. aug: au: Dijkstra, Jitse H. F. su: Christians Inscriptions Case studies Church Egypt sug: subj: Egypt Christians Inscriptions Case studies Church ab: As elsewhere the fate of the temples in late antique Egypt has often been perceived through the lens of the (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of the destruction of temples and their conversion into churches. When one looks at the other types of sources available from Egypt--inscriptions, papyri and archaeological remains--however, it becomes abundantly clear that the story of what happened to the temples was usually much less dramatic. This article argues that, in order to get a more reliable and complex picture of the fate of the temples, it is best to study them within a local or regional context and from a variety of sources, especially material remains since they can provide the most detailed picture of a whole range of methods of reuse, if the building was reused at all. A case study (of the First Cataract region, Southern Egypt) confirms that violence against temples and their reuse as churches were indeed exceptional and but two aspects in the complex process of the changing sacred landscape of Late Antiquity. Le sort des temples d'Égypte durant l'Antiquité tardive a souvent été perçu à travers l'écran des sources littéraires chrétiennes, lesquelles donnent une image dramatique de la destruction de temples et de leur conversion en églises. Lorsque l'on observe les autres types de sources disponibles en Égypte (inscriptions, papyri et vestiges archéologiques), il devient tout à fait clair que le sort des temples fut en général beaucoup moins dramatique. Cet article soutient que pour se faire une idée plus fiable et plus complexe du sort des temples, il vaut mieux les étudier au sein d'un contexte local ou régional et à partir de sources diverses, tout particulièrement des vestiges matériels. Une étude de cas, portant sur la région de la première cataracte dans le Sud de l'Égypte, confirme que les manifestations de violence contre les temples et leur conversion en églises étaient bien exceptionnelles. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Late Antique Archaeology is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Late Antique Archaeology holder: Brill Academic Publishers dt: @attributes: year: 2011 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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