Dress in Mediterranean Antiquity : Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians (Hardcover)

Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction - Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada and Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada Section A - Methods 1. Dress and Classical Studies - Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada 2. Dress and Religious Studies - Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada 3. Dress and Anthropology - Lynne Hume, University of Queensland, Australia 4. Dress and Sociology - Beth E. Graybill, Dickinson College, USA Section B - Materials 5. Clothing in Marble and Bronze: The Representation of Dress in Greek and Roman Sculpture - Glenys Davies, University of Edinburgh, UK 6. Greek Dress from the Inscriptional Evidence - Laura Gawlinski, Loyola University of Chicago, USA 7. The Colours of Ancient Greek dress - Cecilie Brøns, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Denmark 8. Ancient Jewelry and the Construction of Ancient Identity - Courtney Ward, Norwegian Institute in Rome, Italy 9. Dress in the Desert: Archaeological Textiles as a Source for Work Clothes in Roman Egypt - Lise Bender Jorgensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 10. Roman Women Dressing the Part: The Visual Vocabulary from Paintings and Mosaics - Lisa A. Hughes, University of Calgary, Canada 11. "They Leave Behind them Portraits of their Wealth, not Themselves:" Aspects of Self-presentation in the Dress of the Deceased in Mummy Portraits and Portrait Mummies from Roman Egypt - Lorelei H. Corcoran, University of Memphis, USA Section C - Meanings 12. Dress and Ceremony in Achaemenid Persia: the 'Gaunaka' - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, Wales 13. Hair and Social Status in the Near East and Early Greece, c. 900-300 BCE - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, Wales 14. Stepping over the line: shoes and boundary-crossing in ancient Greece - Sue Blundell, Independent Scholar 15. Clothing in Roman Religion - Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada 16. Andromeda Unbound: Possession, Perception, and Adornment in the House of the Dioscuri -Neville McFerrin, University of North Texas, USA 17. From Grass to Gold: The Ambivalent Symbolism of Roman Crowns - Andrew Gallia, University of Minnesota, USA 18. Clothes Make the Jew: Was There Distinctive Jewish Dress in the Greco-Roman Period? - Joshua Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 19. What did Mary Magdalene Look Like? Images from the West, the East, Dura and Judaea - Joan E. Taylor, King's College London, UK 20. Robes of Transfiguration and Salvation in Early Christian Texts -- Janelle Peters, Loyola Marymount University, USA 21. Worn stories: (ad)dressing wives in 1 Peter - Kelsi Morrison-Atkins, Harvard University, USA 22. "Exposed!": Nakedness and Clothing in the Book of Revelation' -- Harry Maier, Vancouver School of Theology, Canada 23. Dirty Laundry in the Christ Cult - Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada 24. "He Must Buy Her New Clothes for Winter": Women's Attire in the Rabbinic Imagination of the Tannaitic Period - Gail Labovitz, American Jewish University, USA 25. Textual Problems in Textile Research: The Use of the Talmud in Studies of Ancient Jewish Dress - Katie Turner, King's College London, UK Index