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

Author/creator Chin, Catherine M., 1972- author.
Format Book
PublicationOakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Descriptionviii, 244 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe Joan Palevsky imprint in Classical literature
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. ^A512030
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.
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographic references and indexes.
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