The World's Oldest Church(English, Hardcover, Peppard Michael)

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The World's Oldest Church(English, Hardcover, Peppard Michael) is written by Peppard Michael and published by Yale University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0300213999 (ISBN 10) and 9780300213997 (ISBN 13).

A fresh reassessment of the wall paintings on the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos, Syria, by award-winning scholar Michael Peppard Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions of death and resurrection. Rather, he portrays the motifs of the church's wall paintings as those of empowerment, healing, marriage, and incarnation, while boldly reidentifying the figure of a woman formerly believed to be a repentant sinner as the Virgin Mary. This richly illustrated volume is a breakthrough work that enhances our understanding of early Christianity at the nexus of Bible, art, and ritual.