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Death and rebirth was of vital importance to early Christians in
late antiquity. In late antiquity, death was all encompassing.
Mortality rates were high, plague and disease in urban areas struck
at will, and one lived on the knife's edge regarding one's health.
Religion filled a crucial role in this environment, offering an
option for those who sought cure and comfort. Following death, the
inhumed were memorialized, providing solace to family members
through sculpture, painting, and epigraphy. This book offers a
sustained interdisciplinary treatment of death and rebirth, a theme
that early Christians (and scholars) found important. By analysing
the theme of death and rebirth through various lenses, the
contributors deepen our understanding of the early Christian
funerary and liturgical practices as well as their engagement with
other groups in the Empire.
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