Title: Roman domestic art and early house churches
Description: Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Rome have yielded hundreds of wall paintings from domestic buildings. Greek myths and tragedies, especial by Euripides were visually represented. Balch presents an interdisciplinary study inquiring what earliest Jews and Christian in such houses might have been seeing as they read and interpreted scripture and performed core rituals, especially the Eucharist. This recent study of Roman domestic architecture suggests new perspectives on the social history of early Christianity.--Publisher.
Subjects: Interior decoration, House churches, Roman Mural painting and decoration, Church history, Primitive and early church, Social aspects, Privatraum, Haus, Wanddekoration, Christliche Kunst, Religiöse Kunst, Hauskirche, Mural painting and decoration, Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Painting, roman
Places: Pompeii (Extinct city), Rome, Italy
Time periods: Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600