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001 2008052547
003 DLC
005 20100226174100.0
008 860117s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9780801446771 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aBT826$b.R4313 2009
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100 1 $aRebillard, Éric.
240 10 $aReligion et sépulture.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe care of the dead in late antiquity /$cÉric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine [sic] Routier-Pucci.
260 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axiii, 224 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aCornell studies in classical philology ;$vv. 59
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index.
505 0 $aThe problem of the origins : Christian burial in Rome and Carthage -- Burial and religious identity : religious groups and collective burial -- Voluntary associations and collective burial : the church, Christians, and the Collegia -- Violation of tombs and impiety : funerary practices and religious beliefs -- Christian piety and burial duty : from the duty to bury the dead to the organization of burial for the poor -- Christian funerals and funerals of Christians : the church and the death ritual in late antiquity -- The church, Christians, and the dead : commemoration of the dead in late antiquity.
650 0 $aDeath$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies, Ancient$zRome$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies, Ancient$xReligious aspects.
830 0 $aCornell studies in classical philology ;$vv. 59.