{"product_id":"things-unseen-essays-on-evidence-knowledge-and-the-late-ancient-world-paperback","title":"Things Unseen: Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Muehlberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowledge--not of the world and its myriad processes but about something more intimate, namely the individuals they encountered in close quarters, those they knew in everyday life. Tracing previously unfathomed structures beneath the surface of late ancient Christianity, Ellen Muehlberger reveals surprising insights about the ancient world and, by extension, the modern. \u003ci\u003eThings Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e holds treasures for scholars of early Christian studies, for historians in general, and for all those who wonder about how we know what we seem to know.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a teenager pretending to be a sex worker enact elite male mastery? How do the venerable walls of a church expose deceitful fake converts within? How does a forged text secure the unbroken lineage of Christian orthodoxy? How do seemingly realistic 'portraits' unmask modern (colonial, racialized) fantasies of an ancient past? In \u003ci\u003eThings Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e, Ellen Muehlberger exposes readers to a late ancient hall of mirrors: a series of illusory exteriors that ultimately reveal how interior truth is manufactured out of exterior falsehood.--Andrew S. Jacobs, author of \u003ci\u003eGospel Thrillers: Conspiracy, Fiction, and the Vulnerable Bible \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"How did late ancient Christians know about the world, and how do we come to know about theirs? Drawing on sources from school exercises to mummy portraits, Ellen Muehlberger's elegant essays consider the construction of Christian masculinity and patriarchal authority, while contemplating how their worldview shapes and influences our own.\"--Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Muehlberger \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at the University of Michigan. She is author of \u003ci\u003eAngels in Late Ancient Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e and serves as editor for the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Early Christian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.35 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690686419040,"sku":"9780520423589","price":82.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/5a5_g2pxAn9780520423589.webp?v=1775785873","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/things-unseen-essays-on-evidence-knowledge-and-the-late-ancient-world-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}