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Books by Konstantin Klein

City of Caesar, City of God: Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, 2022

When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the ... more When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, City of Caesar, City of God illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.

Thinking Through Ruins: Genealogies, Functions, and Interpretations, 2022

Ruins have for a long time captured the human imagination and, in one way or another, have been i... more Ruins have for a long time captured the human imagination and, in one way or another, have been inscribed in a community’s memory, history, or lore. This long-standing tradition concerning ruins – be it real or imagined, ancient or modern ones – has resulted in a multitude of reflections and creative interpretations. The discourse on ruins, steeped in tradition as it is, offers a unique vantage point to reflect upon their actual meaning in various societies and disciplines by focusing on how they have been and still are often (mis)used and employed in contemporary debates as powerful symbols and motifs. Tackling questions related to the genealogies, functions, and interpretations of ruins in literary and artistic, political and legal, philosophical and sociological discourses, this book aims at moving the discussion beyond the level of case studies. The contributors examine the perception of ruins and the discourse on decay, destruction, and reconstruction from various disciplinary perspectives, referring to a multitude of ruin-related concepts such as ‘longing’, ‘memory’, ‘trauma’, and ‘identity’.

Papers by Konstantin Klein

EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, 2024

We present DeepHadad, a novel deep learning approach to improve the readability of severely damag... more We present DeepHadad, a novel deep learning approach to improve the readability of severely damaged ancient Northwest Semitic inscriptions. By leveraging concepts of displacement maps and image-to-image translation, DeepHadad effectively recovers text from barely recognizable inscriptions, such as the one on the Hadad statue. A main challenge is the lack of pairs of well-preserved and damaged glyphs as training data since each available glyph instance has a unique shape and is not available in different states of erosion. We overcome this issue by generating synthetic training data through a simulated erosion process, on which we then train a neural network that successfully generalizes to real data. We demonstrate significant improvements in readability and historical authenticity compared to existing methods, opening new avenues for AI-assisted epigraphic analysis. CCS Concepts • Computing methodologies → Mesh geometry models; Reconstruction; Neural networks; • Applied computing → Arts and humanities;

Epigraphy is witnessing a growing integration of artificial intelligence, notably through its sub... more Epigraphy is witnessing a growing integration of artificial intelligence, notably through its subfield of machine learning (ML), especially in tasks like extracting insights from ancient inscriptions. However, scarce labeled data for training ML algorithms severely limits current techniques, especially for ancient scripts like Old Aramaic. Our research pioneers an innovative methodology for generating synthetic training data tailored to Old Aramaic letters. Our pipeline synthesizes photo-realistic Aramaic letter datasets, incorporating textural features, lighting, damage, and augmentations to mimic real-world inscription diversity. Despite minimal real examples, we engineer a dataset of 250 000 training and 25 000 validation images covering the 22 letter classes in the Aramaic alphabet. This comprehensive corpus provides a robust volume of data for training a residual neural network (ResNet) to classify highly degraded Aramaic letters. The ResNet model demonstrates 95% accuracy in classifying real images from the 8th century BCE Hadad statue inscription. Additional experiments validate performance on varying materials and styles, proving effective generalization. Our results validate the model's capabilities in handling diverse real-world scenarios, proving the viability of our synthetic data approach and avoiding the dependence on scarce training data that has constrained epigraphic analysis. Our innovative framework elevates interpretation accuracy on damaged inscriptions, thus enhancing knowledge extraction from these historical resources.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2020

In A. Papaconstantinou, N. McLynn, & D. Schwartz (Eds.), Conversion in Antiquity: Christianity, Islam, and Beyond (pp. 241-266), 2015

In: The Hagiographical Experiment: Developing Discourses of Sainthood, 256–274 , 2020

In: Gymnasium 125, 251-273, 2018

Marcian gilt gleichermaßen als Pragmatiker auf dem Kaiserthron wie als vehementer Durchsetzer der... more Marcian gilt gleichermaßen als Pragmatiker auf dem Kaiserthron wie als vehementer Durchsetzer der auf dem von ihm einberufenen Konzil von Chalcedon gefällten dogmatischen Beschlüsse. Mehr noch als die Einberufung der Versammlung führte das Beharren auf den Beschlüssen und die partielle Verfolgung derjenigen, die jene ablehnten, dazu, dass Marcian in der monophysitischen Geschichtsschreibung zu einem der schlechtesten Kaiser überhaupt stilisiert wurde. Der folgende Beitrag untersucht Marcians Vorgehen gegen diese Gruppe im Detail und möchte anregen, auch die Religionspolitik des Kaisers vornehmlich als eine pragmatische anzusehen.

In: C. Fauchon-Claudon/M.-A. Le Guennec (eds): Hospitalité et régulation de l’altérité dans l’An tiquité méditerranéenne. Bordeaux 2022 (Scripta Antiqua 156), 145–155., 2022

In: K. Klein/J. Wienand (eds): City of Caesar, City of God: Contantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity. Berlin 2022 (Millennium Studies 97), 139–159, 2022

Millennium, 2018

Jerusalem and its surrounding hinterland were popular destinations for late antique pilgrims. The... more Jerusalem and its surrounding hinterland were popular destinations for late antique pilgrims. The majority relied on the hospitality offered in Christian guesthouses during their visits and afterwards returned to their homes all over the late antique world. This study aims at investigating how pilgrimage hospitality in the Holy Land between the fourth and the sixth centuries functioned in generaland to what extent board and lodging provided by the mostly monastic hosts had to be remunerated through either manual labour, voluntary financial donations or testamentary bequests by the guests. It will be demonstrated that hospitality was not only a Christian virtue but also a necessary means for the monasteries to survive as it formed the financial backbone for their social and political activities in the city of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Patriarchate. This constant source of income through a permanent influx of pilgrims enabled further monastic financial investments in a growing number of guesthouses which were constructed not only on the outskirts but also in the centres of cities and towns. Soon, alterations in both the ground plans and the function of the monasteries became noticeable: The monastic institutions of the Holy Land shifted from mere clusters of cells (laurae)which were unable to host the growing number of visitors and new novices aliketo monasteries (coenobia) with a strictly regulated communal life. The study furthermore shows that this change found support in the hagiographical literature of the age. Exhortations to demonstrate hospitality to pilgrims and to rebuild the cells into proper monasteries were often placed in narratives of divine visions or in the ultima verba or monastic testaments of famous abbots. Nevertheless, these changes were not unchallenged by monks who aimed for a more traditional lifestyle in quiet contemplation (hesychia) far away from the more economically-driven ambitions of their superiors, who, to quote John Moschus, had "lined up their bellies and purses."

Archives de sciences sociales des religions 182, 2018

In late antique Palestine in the century following the Council of Chalcedon, the spread of compet... more In late antique Palestine in the century following the Council of Chalcedon, the spread of competing miaphysite (anti-Chalcedonian) and dyophysite (Chalcedonian) theological positions meant that adherence to the wrong position could be detrimental to one’s hope for salvation. This essay demonstrates how ecclesiastical and monastic leaders of the age sought to gain influence by placing their allies in administrative leadership positions within the Church and by claiming certain holy places for their own camp. While the Chalcedonian position has never been called into question as the main narrative of fifth-century Palestine, this essay seeks to study anti-Chalcedonian and Chalcedonian hagiography as compositions with equal value and as texts that stood in sharp competition with each other. Chalcedonian texts sought to emulate their anti-Chalcedonian predecessors, and conversion became a literary topos for both parties.

Dans la Palestine de l’Antiquité tardive, au cours du siècle qui suit le concile de Chalcédoine et la diffusion des positions dogmatiques miaphysites (anti-chalcédoniennes) et dyophysites (chalcédonienes), prendre le mauvais parti mettait en danger les espoirs de salut. L’article montre comment les leaders cléricaux et monastiques de l’époque ont cherché à exercer leur influence en plaçant délibérément leurs partisans dans des positions de leadership administratif dans les structures hiérarchiques de l’Église et en revendiquant certains lieux saints pour leur propre dénomination. Bien que la position chalcédonienne n’ait jamais été contestée dans les principaux récits sur la Palestine au Ve siècle, les textes hagiographiques anti-chalcédoniens et chalcédoniens peuvent être analysés comme des contributions de valeurs égales, en compétition aiguë les uns avec les autres. Il apparaît que les textes chalcédoniens cherchent à concurrencer leurs prédécesseurs anti-chalcédoniens, et que la conversion devient un topos littéraire pour les deux partis.

Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, 2018

There are two Palmyrene funerary stelae in the archaeological study collection of the American Ac... more There are two Palmyrene funerary stelae in the archaeological study collection of the American Academy in Rome (nos. H28, H29); neither has seen previous publication. The present study offers an art historical and epigraphic description of these objects, discussing the Palmyrene names found in the inscriptions. Together, they provide some new access points into the onomasticon of Palmyra and its environs.

L. Nehmé/A. Al-Jallad (eds): To the Madbar and Back Again: Studies in the Languages, Archaeology, and Cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C.A. Macdonald. Leiden/Boston 2018 (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics. 92), pp. 551–566, 2018

K. Dmitriev/I. Toral-Niehoff (eds): Religious culture in late antique Arabia: selected studies on the late antique religious mind, Piscataway 2017 (Islamic History and Thought. 6), 2017

The contribution compares Christian and early Islamic accounts on the destruction of sacred space... more The contribution compares Christian and early Islamic accounts on the destruction of sacred space. Within the Christian tradition, Constantine the Great appears as the paragon of pagan destruction who is followed by his imperial successors as well as by courageous holy men who waged war on idolatry. Despite the undeniable appeal of these texts, there are altogether only few cases recording the destruction of pagan temples in the sources, and even fewer which are archaeologically attested. Likewise, the well-established model of the conversion of pagan temples into churches has to be called into question. The contribution shows how for the emperors after Constantine, the destruction of temples predominantly became a legal issue – future destruction should generally be avoided and, if still necessary, had to be regulated. A very similar scenario emerges from early Islamic sources on the destruction of pagan shrines in the Arabian Peninsula, especially in the area between Mecca and Medina. After his initial cleansing of the Kaʿba, Muḥammad is depicted as the regulator and not as the executor of destruction. In both lines of tradition is it noticeable that ruins were often not transformed into new sacred places for the new religion. The contribution aims to demonstrate that the ruins of the destroyed shrines had their very own symbolic meaning as testimonies to the triumph of the winning side.

City of Caesar, City of God: Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, 2022

When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the ... more When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, City of Caesar, City of God illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.

Thinking Through Ruins: Genealogies, Functions, and Interpretations, 2022

Ruins have for a long time captured the human imagination and, in one way or another, have been i... more Ruins have for a long time captured the human imagination and, in one way or another, have been inscribed in a community’s memory, history, or lore. This long-standing tradition concerning ruins – be it real or imagined, ancient or modern ones – has resulted in a multitude of reflections and creative interpretations. The discourse on ruins, steeped in tradition as it is, offers a unique vantage point to reflect upon their actual meaning in various societies and disciplines by focusing on how they have been and still are often (mis)used and employed in contemporary debates as powerful symbols and motifs. Tackling questions related to the genealogies, functions, and interpretations of ruins in literary and artistic, political and legal, philosophical and sociological discourses, this book aims at moving the discussion beyond the level of case studies. The contributors examine the perception of ruins and the discourse on decay, destruction, and reconstruction from various disciplinary perspectives, referring to a multitude of ruin-related concepts such as ‘longing’, ‘memory’, ‘trauma’, and ‘identity’.

EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, 2024

We present DeepHadad, a novel deep learning approach to improve the readability of severely damag... more We present DeepHadad, a novel deep learning approach to improve the readability of severely damaged ancient Northwest Semitic inscriptions. By leveraging concepts of displacement maps and image-to-image translation, DeepHadad effectively recovers text from barely recognizable inscriptions, such as the one on the Hadad statue. A main challenge is the lack of pairs of well-preserved and damaged glyphs as training data since each available glyph instance has a unique shape and is not available in different states of erosion. We overcome this issue by generating synthetic training data through a simulated erosion process, on which we then train a neural network that successfully generalizes to real data. We demonstrate significant improvements in readability and historical authenticity compared to existing methods, opening new avenues for AI-assisted epigraphic analysis. CCS Concepts • Computing methodologies → Mesh geometry models; Reconstruction; Neural networks; • Applied computing → Arts and humanities;

Epigraphy is witnessing a growing integration of artificial intelligence, notably through its sub... more Epigraphy is witnessing a growing integration of artificial intelligence, notably through its subfield of machine learning (ML), especially in tasks like extracting insights from ancient inscriptions. However, scarce labeled data for training ML algorithms severely limits current techniques, especially for ancient scripts like Old Aramaic. Our research pioneers an innovative methodology for generating synthetic training data tailored to Old Aramaic letters. Our pipeline synthesizes photo-realistic Aramaic letter datasets, incorporating textural features, lighting, damage, and augmentations to mimic real-world inscription diversity. Despite minimal real examples, we engineer a dataset of 250 000 training and 25 000 validation images covering the 22 letter classes in the Aramaic alphabet. This comprehensive corpus provides a robust volume of data for training a residual neural network (ResNet) to classify highly degraded Aramaic letters. The ResNet model demonstrates 95% accuracy in classifying real images from the 8th century BCE Hadad statue inscription. Additional experiments validate performance on varying materials and styles, proving effective generalization. Our results validate the model's capabilities in handling diverse real-world scenarios, proving the viability of our synthetic data approach and avoiding the dependence on scarce training data that has constrained epigraphic analysis. Our innovative framework elevates interpretation accuracy on damaged inscriptions, thus enhancing knowledge extraction from these historical resources.

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2020

In A. Papaconstantinou, N. McLynn, & D. Schwartz (Eds.), Conversion in Antiquity: Christianity, Islam, and Beyond (pp. 241-266), 2015

In: The Hagiographical Experiment: Developing Discourses of Sainthood, 256–274 , 2020

In: Gymnasium 125, 251-273, 2018

Marcian gilt gleichermaßen als Pragmatiker auf dem Kaiserthron wie als vehementer Durchsetzer der... more Marcian gilt gleichermaßen als Pragmatiker auf dem Kaiserthron wie als vehementer Durchsetzer der auf dem von ihm einberufenen Konzil von Chalcedon gefällten dogmatischen Beschlüsse. Mehr noch als die Einberufung der Versammlung führte das Beharren auf den Beschlüssen und die partielle Verfolgung derjenigen, die jene ablehnten, dazu, dass Marcian in der monophysitischen Geschichtsschreibung zu einem der schlechtesten Kaiser überhaupt stilisiert wurde. Der folgende Beitrag untersucht Marcians Vorgehen gegen diese Gruppe im Detail und möchte anregen, auch die Religionspolitik des Kaisers vornehmlich als eine pragmatische anzusehen.

In: C. Fauchon-Claudon/M.-A. Le Guennec (eds): Hospitalité et régulation de l’altérité dans l’An tiquité méditerranéenne. Bordeaux 2022 (Scripta Antiqua 156), 145–155., 2022

In: K. Klein/J. Wienand (eds): City of Caesar, City of God: Contantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity. Berlin 2022 (Millennium Studies 97), 139–159, 2022

Millennium, 2018

Jerusalem and its surrounding hinterland were popular destinations for late antique pilgrims. The... more Jerusalem and its surrounding hinterland were popular destinations for late antique pilgrims. The majority relied on the hospitality offered in Christian guesthouses during their visits and afterwards returned to their homes all over the late antique world. This study aims at investigating how pilgrimage hospitality in the Holy Land between the fourth and the sixth centuries functioned in generaland to what extent board and lodging provided by the mostly monastic hosts had to be remunerated through either manual labour, voluntary financial donations or testamentary bequests by the guests. It will be demonstrated that hospitality was not only a Christian virtue but also a necessary means for the monasteries to survive as it formed the financial backbone for their social and political activities in the city of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Patriarchate. This constant source of income through a permanent influx of pilgrims enabled further monastic financial investments in a growing number of guesthouses which were constructed not only on the outskirts but also in the centres of cities and towns. Soon, alterations in both the ground plans and the function of the monasteries became noticeable: The monastic institutions of the Holy Land shifted from mere clusters of cells (laurae)which were unable to host the growing number of visitors and new novices aliketo monasteries (coenobia) with a strictly regulated communal life. The study furthermore shows that this change found support in the hagiographical literature of the age. Exhortations to demonstrate hospitality to pilgrims and to rebuild the cells into proper monasteries were often placed in narratives of divine visions or in the ultima verba or monastic testaments of famous abbots. Nevertheless, these changes were not unchallenged by monks who aimed for a more traditional lifestyle in quiet contemplation (hesychia) far away from the more economically-driven ambitions of their superiors, who, to quote John Moschus, had "lined up their bellies and purses."

Archives de sciences sociales des religions 182, 2018

In late antique Palestine in the century following the Council of Chalcedon, the spread of compet... more In late antique Palestine in the century following the Council of Chalcedon, the spread of competing miaphysite (anti-Chalcedonian) and dyophysite (Chalcedonian) theological positions meant that adherence to the wrong position could be detrimental to one’s hope for salvation. This essay demonstrates how ecclesiastical and monastic leaders of the age sought to gain influence by placing their allies in administrative leadership positions within the Church and by claiming certain holy places for their own camp. While the Chalcedonian position has never been called into question as the main narrative of fifth-century Palestine, this essay seeks to study anti-Chalcedonian and Chalcedonian hagiography as compositions with equal value and as texts that stood in sharp competition with each other. Chalcedonian texts sought to emulate their anti-Chalcedonian predecessors, and conversion became a literary topos for both parties.

Dans la Palestine de l’Antiquité tardive, au cours du siècle qui suit le concile de Chalcédoine et la diffusion des positions dogmatiques miaphysites (anti-chalcédoniennes) et dyophysites (chalcédonienes), prendre le mauvais parti mettait en danger les espoirs de salut. L’article montre comment les leaders cléricaux et monastiques de l’époque ont cherché à exercer leur influence en plaçant délibérément leurs partisans dans des positions de leadership administratif dans les structures hiérarchiques de l’Église et en revendiquant certains lieux saints pour leur propre dénomination. Bien que la position chalcédonienne n’ait jamais été contestée dans les principaux récits sur la Palestine au Ve siècle, les textes hagiographiques anti-chalcédoniens et chalcédoniens peuvent être analysés comme des contributions de valeurs égales, en compétition aiguë les uns avec les autres. Il apparaît que les textes chalcédoniens cherchent à concurrencer leurs prédécesseurs anti-chalcédoniens, et que la conversion devient un topos littéraire pour les deux partis.

Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, 2018

There are two Palmyrene funerary stelae in the archaeological study collection of the American Ac... more There are two Palmyrene funerary stelae in the archaeological study collection of the American Academy in Rome (nos. H28, H29); neither has seen previous publication. The present study offers an art historical and epigraphic description of these objects, discussing the Palmyrene names found in the inscriptions. Together, they provide some new access points into the onomasticon of Palmyra and its environs.

L. Nehmé/A. Al-Jallad (eds): To the Madbar and Back Again: Studies in the Languages, Archaeology, and Cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C.A. Macdonald. Leiden/Boston 2018 (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics. 92), pp. 551–566, 2018

K. Dmitriev/I. Toral-Niehoff (eds): Religious culture in late antique Arabia: selected studies on the late antique religious mind, Piscataway 2017 (Islamic History and Thought. 6), 2017

The contribution compares Christian and early Islamic accounts on the destruction of sacred space... more The contribution compares Christian and early Islamic accounts on the destruction of sacred space. Within the Christian tradition, Constantine the Great appears as the paragon of pagan destruction who is followed by his imperial successors as well as by courageous holy men who waged war on idolatry. Despite the undeniable appeal of these texts, there are altogether only few cases recording the destruction of pagan temples in the sources, and even fewer which are archaeologically attested. Likewise, the well-established model of the conversion of pagan temples into churches has to be called into question. The contribution shows how for the emperors after Constantine, the destruction of temples predominantly became a legal issue – future destruction should generally be avoided and, if still necessary, had to be regulated. A very similar scenario emerges from early Islamic sources on the destruction of pagan shrines in the Arabian Peninsula, especially in the area between Mecca and Medina. After his initial cleansing of the Kaʿba, Muḥammad is depicted as the regulator and not as the executor of destruction. In both lines of tradition is it noticeable that ruins were often not transformed into new sacred places for the new religion. The contribution aims to demonstrate that the ruins of the destroyed shrines had their very own symbolic meaning as testimonies to the triumph of the winning side.

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2013

In: Plekos 17 (2015), pp. 17-25.

In: Gymnasium 119 (2012), pp. 312-313.

In: Plekos 15 (2013), pp. 135–150.

In: Plekos 17 (2015), S. 27-37.

In: Theologische Literaturzeitung 140,3 (2015), pp. 238-239.

by Robert Wiśniewski, The Cult of Saints, Maria Lidova, Efthymios Rizos, Adam Łajtar, Konstantin Klein, Aaltje Hidding, Olga Špehar, Anna Lampadaridi, András Handl, Julia Doroszewska, and Marlena Whiting

Full programme now available: http://cslaconference.ihuw.pl/

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KUSATU 23, 2018

Die schon in der Antike berühmte syrische Oasenstadt Palmyra, mit antikem Namen Tadmor und seit 1... more Die schon in der Antike berühmte syrische Oasenstadt Palmyra, mit antikem Namen Tadmor und seit 1980 UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe, hat durch die von kultur- und bildungsfeindlichen Fanatikern angerichteten Verwüstungen und durch die Ermordung des Antikendirektors Dr. Khaled al-As’ad erneut traurige Berühmtheit erlangt.
Mit ḤBL Tadmor – Studies in Palmyrene Script and Language will KUSATU einen Beitrag zur Bewahrung des palmyrenischen Sprach-Kulturguts leisten und frische Impulse zur Erforschung des palmyrenisch-ostaramäischen Dialekts und der palmyrenischen Schrift setzen. Die Beiträge umfassen Rekonstruktion und Edition zum Teil unbekannter oder bislang nur schlecht dokumentierter palmyrenischer Inschriften, archäologisch-epigraphische und syntaktische Kontextanalysen sowie eine umfangreiche Studie zur Ergänzung und Vertiefung des palmyrenischen Lexikons.

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While plundering has been an intrinsic part of warfare throughout human history, this workshop w... more While plundering has been an intrinsic part of warfare
throughout human history, this workshop will explore the specific notion of pillaging sacred space from diachronic and cross-cultural perspectives. How is looting and destroying sacred space negotiated, conceived, and judged within the framework of conquest? Are individual ‘arch-plunderers’ discernible in various ancient and medieval cultures? How should we read accounts of pillaging sacred space? The speakers address these and related questions by analysing the plundering histories of particular sites
and by tackling broader cultural trends and influences such as economic factors, religious zealotry, and the possibility of creating or enforcing norms.

Ruins have often captured human imagination and, in one way or another, they have been inscribed ... more Ruins have often captured human imagination and, in one way or another, they have been inscribed in a community's records, memory, or lore. The history of destruction is as old as humanity. The past decades, however, have witnessed a considerable shift of meaning concerning deliberate destruction and the symbolic character of ruins. What has changed is the way how acts of destruction are promulgated, celebrated, and perpetuated by carefully staging and filming them as well as by distributing these records on video-sharing websites. Similarly, the reactions that destruction causes among the viewers of these records gained more and more importance. While ancient temples or statues feel no anguish or pain when they are blown up, it is societies that are distressed by their fate. During the past decades, there has been an ever-growing number of publications, commentaries, and conferences on the destruction of cultural heritage. At the same time, artists and writers have also turned to the question of destruction, be it under circumstances of war and conflict as outlined above, or in the context of neo-liberal urbanization and gentrification, proposing ways of challenging these developments through their artworks, installations, and writings or by initiating grassroots projects in the attempt to preserve buildings and create awareness for their value among urban authorities. An international and interdisciplinary conference organized by the Arab-Germany Young Academy of Sciences and Humanity (AGYA) aims at discussing the cycle of the creation and decay of architectural heritage from a transcultural and diachronic perspective.

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When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the ... more When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, City of Caesar, City of God illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.

Contents

Konstantin Klein and Johannes Wienand
Constantinople & Jerusalem in Late Antiquity: Problems – Paradigms – Perspectives

Part One: The Centers of a New World Order

Kai Trampedach
The Making of the Holy Land in Late Antiquity

Rene Pfeilschifter
Always in Second Place: Constantinople as an Imperial and Religious Center in Late Antiquity

Part Two: Urban Topographies Connected

Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger and Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
Delineating the Sacred and the Profane: The Late-Antique Walls of Jerusalem and Constantinople

Marlena Whiting
From the City of Caesar to the City of God: Routes, Networks, and Connectivity Between Constantinople and Jerusalem

Konstantin M. Klein
Neighbors of Christ: Saints and their Martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem

Kai Trampedach
A New Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem? The Construction of the Nea Church (531–543) by Emperor Justinian

Part Three: The Power of Religion and Empire

Johannes Wienand
Eusebius in Jerusalem and Constantinople: Two Cities, Two Speeches

Nadine Viermann
Surpassing Solomon: Church-building and Political Discourse in Late Antique Constantinople

Jan-Markus Kötter
Palestine at the Periphery of Ecclesiastical Politics? The Bishops of Jerusalem after the Council of Chalcedon

Part Four: Jerusalem, Constantinople and the End of Antiquity

Paul Magdalino
The Church of St John the Apostle and the End of Antiquity in the New Jerusalem 263

James Howard-Johnston
Jerusalem in 630

Lutz Greisiger
From ‘King Heraclius, Faithful in Christ’ to ‘Allenby of Armageddon’: Christian Reconquistadores Enter the Holy City

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When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the ... more When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, City of Caesar, City of God illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.

Contents

Constantinople & Jerusalem in Late Antiquity: Problems – Paradigms – Perspectives
Konstantin Klein & Johannes Wienand

PART ONE: THE CENTERS OF A NEW WORLD ORDER

The Making of the Holy Land in Late Antiquity
Kai Trampedach

Always in Second Place: Constantinople as an Imperial and Religious Center in Late Antiquity
Rene Pfeilschifter

PART TWO: URBAN TOPOGRAPHIES CONNECTED

Delineating the Sacred and the Profane: The Late-Antique Walls of Jerusalem and Constantinople
Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger & Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah

From the City of Caesar to the City of God: Routes, Networks, and Connectivity Between Constantinople and Jerusalem
Marlena Whiting

Neighbors of Christ: Saints and their Martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem
Konstantin M. Klein

A New Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem? The Construction of the Nea Church (531–543) by Emperor Justinian
Kai Trampedach

PART THREE: THE POWER OF RELIGION AND EMPIRE

Eusebius in Jerusalem and Constantinople: Two Cities, Two Speeches
Johannes Wienand

Surpassing Solomon: Church-building and Political Discourse in Late Antique Constantinople
Nadine Viermann

Palestine at the Periphery of Ecclesiastical Politics? The Bishops of Jerusalem after the Council of Chalcedon
Jan-Markus Kötter

PART FOUR: JERUSALEM, CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE END OF ANTIQUITY

The Church of St John the Apostle and the End of Antiquity in the New Jerusalem
Paul Magdalino

Jerusalem in 630
James Howard-Johnston

From ‘King Heraclius, Faithful in Christ’ to ‘Allenby of Armageddon’: Christian Reconquistadores Enter the Holy City
Lutz Greisiger

Indexes