Paul and the ancient celebrity circuit: the cross and moral transformation
Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: "The Bold and the Beautiful": Fame and Celebrity in Antiquity and the Modern World -- 1.1. Research on Celebrity in Its Modern and Ancient Context -- 1.1.1. Scholarship on the Modern Phenomenon of Celebri...
| Summary: | Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: "The Bold and the Beautiful": Fame and Celebrity in Antiquity and the Modern World -- 1.1. Research on Celebrity in Its Modern and Ancient Context -- 1.1.1. Scholarship on the Modern Phenomenon of Celebrity -- 1.1.1.1. The So-Called "Origins" of Modern Celebrity from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century: A Survey of Representative Figures -- 1.1.1.2. Celebrity in the Early Twenty-First Century -- 1.1.2. Scholarship on the Ancient Phenomenon of Celebrity: Robert Garland on "Media Tarts and Tabloid Queens" -- 1.2. The Commendation of the Ancient Elites and Their Families -- 1.2.1. Eulogies of the Graeco-Roman Elites from the Republic to the Imperial Period -- 1.2.2. The Heroic Virtue of the Well-Born: The Evidence of a Laodikeian Tombstone -- 1.2.3. The Funeral of Germanicus: The Ticklish Question of Honouring or Dishonouring the Deceased and His Family Line -- 1.3. The Ancient Celebrity Circuit and Processional Culture -- 1.3.1. Athletic Competitions: The Periodos and Circuits of Victory -- 1.3.2. The International Fame of the Ecumenical Synod of Dionysiac Artists -- 1.3.3. The Endowment of Vibius Salutaris at Ephesus -- 1.3.4. The Circuit of Charioteers and the Arena of Gladiators -- 1.3.5. Celebrity Entertainers in Antiquity -- 1.3.6. The Eastern Mediterranean Tours of the Roman Rulers and Their Family Members -- 1.3.7. What Differentiates Ancient and Modern Celebrity? -- 1.4. The Cross, Celebrity and Moral Transformation: The Aim and Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2: Romans and the Reconfiguration of Roman Society: Paul and Cicero Compared -- 2.1. Cicero as Evidence for Roman Social Attitudes in the Imperial Age -- 2.2. The Social Ideology of Cicero -- 2.2.1. The gods and Roman Rule -- 2.2.2. The Roman World of Honour and the Obligation of Gratitude. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (468 pages) |
| ISBN: | 3161570197 |