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BL
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881529
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| Uniform Title
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Religion et sépulture.English
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| Main Entry
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Rebillard, Éric.
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| Title & Author
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The care of the dead in late antiquity /\ Éric Rebillard ; translated by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings and Jeanine [sic] Routier-Pucci.
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| Publication Statement
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Ithaca :: Cornell University Press,, 2012.
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| Series Statement
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Cornell paperbacks
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Cornell studies in classical philology ;; v. 59
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 224 pages ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0801477956
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: 9780801477959
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index.
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| Contents
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The 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.
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Death-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient-- Religious aspects.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient-- Rome-- Religious aspects.
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Death-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Dewey Classification
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265.850937
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| LC Classification
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BT826.R4313 2012
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