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Author Dignas, Beate, 1968-

Title Economy of the sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor / Beate Dignas
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 364 pages) : maps
Series Oxford classical monographs
Oxford classical monographs.
Contents Introduction Sanctuaries and Cities -- Chapter 1. Assessing sacred wealth: finances, land, administration -- Chapter 2. The cults under Hellenistic rule -- Chapter 3. The cults under Roman rule -- Chapter 4. Sanctuaries in Asia Minor between continuity and change
Summary "This original study examines the economic and political role of sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor. It proposes a triangular relationship of city, cult, and ruler, and explores the cults as entities with independent interests and powers, different from those of the cities that host them. This 'triangle' represents a challenge to our standard model of civic religion, which emphasizes the cults as fully institutionalized within the Greek polis and in general perceives city and cult as one and the same agent."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Religion and politics -- Turkey -- History
Economics -- Religious aspects -- History
Temples, Greek -- Turkey
Temples, Roman -- Turkey
Economics -- Religious aspects
Religion
Religion and politics
Temples, Greek
Temples, Roman
SUBJECT Turkey -- Religion
Subject Turkey
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002070187
ISBN 1280907681
9781280907685
9786610907687
6610907684
9780191719714
0191719714