{"product_id":"religion-at-carthage-800-bce-439-ce-from-baal-hammon-to-christ-9789004738584","title":"Religion at Carthage 800 Bce-439 CE: From Baal-Hammon to Christ","description":"This volume investigates the rich spectrum of religious practices and beliefs at Carthage from its foundation until the end of Roman rule. Essays analyse the metropolis's Phoenician, Punic, and Graeco-Roman cults (all exhibiting a remarkable degree of assimilation and amalgamation), mystery cults, Judaism, and Manichaeism. A majority of essays comprehensively examine Christianity's development (including persecution, martyrdom, Montanism, and Donatism) within Carthage's multi-cultural environment. Utilizing methodologies from popular culture studies, biblical exegesis, cultural studies, and archaeology, contributors cover such innovative topics as: polytheistic religiosity; Jewish identity and devotional life based on a recently discovered ancient synagogue near Carthage; and challenges experienced by St. Augustine as a guest-preacher to rambunctious congregations at Carthage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane E. Merdinger (PhD, Yale University) has been a professor at several American universities. Her book \u003ci\u003eRome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous articles analyse North African church councils, canons, and Augustine's early sacramental theology. \u003cbr\u003e Jesse A. Hoover (PhD, Baylor University) is a Lecturer in History at St. David's School, North Carolina. His books are \u003ci\u003eThe Donatist Church in an Apocalyptic Age\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Donatist Compendium and Related Texts\u003c\/i\u003e (Brepols, 2025). \u003cbr\u003e Nancy Weatherwax (PhD, Vanderbilt University) teaches at Lansing Community College in Michigan. Her dissertation explored the Donatist controversy. She continues her research on Donatism and has done extensive editorial work for several academic presses in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038931710226,"sku":"9789004738584","price":207.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9fa8e762-c94d-4aeb-b91b-fc5855f2d134.jpg?v=1771342108","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/religion-at-carthage-800-bce-439-ce-from-baal-hammon-to-christ-9789004738584","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}