Those for Whom the Lamp Shines - The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity

"Those for Whom the Lamp Shines is an outstanding and important contribution. It is the first sustained account of ethnic rhetoric as it rises in prevalence in late antique Egypt. With admirable sensitivity to the complexities of group conflict, Bantu lucidly charts the significant changes in ethnic reasoning about 'Egyptianness' in late antiquity."—Mary K. Farag, author of What Makes a Church Sacred? Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity

About the author

Vince L. Bantu is Assistant Professor of Church History and Black Church Studies at the Fuller Theological Seminary and is the Ohene of the Meachum School of Haymanot. He is author of A Multitude of All Peoples: Engaging Ancient Christianity's Global Identity and editor of Gospel Haymanot: A Constructive Theology and Critical Reflection on African and Diasporic Christianity.

Product details

• Authors: Vince L. Bantu
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2023
• EAN: 9780520388802
• ISBN: 978-0-520-38880-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient World, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, c 2686 to c 323 BCE (Ancient Egyptian period), HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt