Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity

Lee M. Jefferson is the Nelson D. and Mary McDowell Rodes Associate Professor of Religion at Centre College.

Introduction Lee M. Jefferson 1. Death and Rebirth within North African Montanism William Tabbernee 2. The Church as the Locus of Miracles: Santa Sabina and Revisiting the Staff of Jesus in Early Christian Art Lee M. Jefferson 3. Wearing the Cross: Macrina, the Cross, and Co-Crucifixion Felicity Harley-McGowan 4. Altar-ed Arks: Form as (Theological) Function in Late Antique and Early Medieval Reliquaries Jennifer Awes Freeman 5. Marriage and Martyrdom in Roman North Africa: Augustine and Crispina of Tebessa David G. Hunter 6. "Bring Out Yer Dead": A Funerary Ritual Koine and Its Christian Dialects from Little Traditions to a Great Tradition Jacob Latham 7. Apostolic Posture: Mary Magdalene as Witness to Death and Resurrection in Art Michael Peppard 8. Reuniting after Death, Defining Familial Piety in Life: A Case of Rhetoric in Word and Image Mark D. Ellison 9. Undead Apostles and The Development of Cultic Practices David L. Eastman 10. To Die for God: Sacrifice, Eucharist, and Martyrdom in Ignatius of Antioch Andrew McGowan 11. Crosses, Snakes, and Tunics: St. Lawrence and Other Martyrs Annewies van den Hoek and John Herrmann, Jr.