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SUMMARY:Dreams of Paradise - Dr Jane McLarty (Faculty of Divinity\, Univer
 sity of Cambridge &amp\; Wolfson College)
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CONTACT:Dr Stephen Wilford
DESCRIPTION:The place is Roman North Africa\; the scene\, Christians facin
 g the prospect of martyrdom\, and telling of their dreams of Paradise\, in
  two narratives dating to the second and third centuries CE. Their visions
  borrow richly from pagan imagery around the ‘locus amoenus’\, the ple
 asant place of classical literature. This (illustrated!) talk will seek to
  ground their imagery of the afterlife not only in literary but in materia
 l culture\, showing how they seek to appropriate the joys of elite existen
 ce as consolation for their suffering at the hands of the governing class 
 on earth.\n(Photo: 4th C. A.D. Tabarka: Floor Mosaic: landscape with count
 ry villa. floor. Place: Musée national du Bard\, Tunisia)\n\nThis is a vi
 rtual event held as a zoom webinar. Please register to attend:\n\nhttps://
 wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/7116099379227/WN_AR3fINL_RjKjMH
 KrHWZIaw
LOCATION:Online via zoom
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