02554namaa2200421 a 4500100986466MiAaHDL20160414000000.0m d m|||||||||||||||||cr bn ---auauacr||n||||||||n151022s2016||||new|||||s|||||||||||eng||9780300213997 (print-ISBN)sdr-ukloku.org.knowledgeunlatched.64(OCoLC)910504060IN-ChSCOengrdaN7810-8189.6704.948223Peppard, Michael, author.The World's Oldest Church : Bible, Art, and Ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria / Michael Peppard.The World's Oldest Church, Bible, Art, and Ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria201601.©2016.London : Knowledge Unlatched, c2016.New Haven : Yale University Press, c2016.1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables.textrdacontentcomputerrdamediaonline resourcerdacarrierSynkrisisIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions of death and resurrection. Rather, he portrays the motifs of the church’s wall paintings as those of empowerment, healing, marriage, and incarnation, while boldly reidentifying the figure of a woman formerly believed to be a repentant sinner as the Virgin Mary. This richly illustrated volume is a breakthrough work that enhances our understanding of early Christianity at the nexus of Bible, art, and ritual.In his fresh reassessment of the wall paintings on the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos, Syria, award-winning scholar Michael Peppard argues for a radically different interpretation of the paintings’ central motifs. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.Also issued in print and PDF version.Mode of access: Internet.CC BY-NC-ND.Religious Studies.History.Print version: The World's Oldest Church, Bible, Art, and Ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria New Haven : Yale University Press, c2016. 978030021399710098646620160414000000.020160415090616.02016-05-06T20:09:19Z2016-05-06T18:00:02Z2016-05-03T20:00:02ZSDR-UKLOKUUNKNOWNprepare.pl-004-005BKsdr-ukloku.org.knowledgeunlatched.64ku01SDRUKLOKUku01.r2_64UKLOKUorg.knowledgeunlatched.64UKLOKUUKLOKU20160506kuku01.r2_642016cc-by-nc-nd-4.0con