The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity (English, Éric Rebillard | Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings | Jeanine Routier-Pucci)

About the Book

In this provocative book �ric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the third century. Through a careful reading of primary sources including legal codes, theological works, epigraphical inscriptions, and sermons, Rebillard shows that there is little evidence to suggest…

ISBN: 9780801477959