Leading scholars in early Christianity, Judaic studies, classics, history and archaeology explore the ways that memories were retrieved, reconstituted and put to use by Jews, Christians and their pagan neighbours in late antiquity, from the third century B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E. They address how collective memory and group history played roles in identity formation, political propaganda, social relations, and religious beliefs and practice for Jews, Christians and pagans in the ancient Mediterranean world. The authors explore how the peoples of antiquity viewed their own antiquity.Contributors:Adam H. Becker, G. W. Bowersock, Ra‘anan S. Boustan, Harriet I. Flower, Gregg Gardner, Kevin Osterloh, Eduard Iricinschi, Elizabeth Kessler, Lee I. Levine, Steve Mason, Doron Mendels, Yannis Papadoyannakis, Tessa Rajak, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Peter Schäfer, Holger M. Zellentin, Moulie Vidasweiterlesen