Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and ChristiansMark J. Edwards, Martin Goodman, Simon Price, Chris Rowland Clarendon Press, 17 jun 1999 - 326 páginas This book is the first to tackle the origins and purpose of literary religious apologetic in the first centuries of the Christian era by discussing, on their own terms, texts composed by pagan and Jewish authors as well as Christians. Previous studies of apologetic have focused primarily on the Christian apologists of the second century. These, and other Christian authors, are represented also in this volume but, in addition, experts in the religious history of the pagan world, in Judaism, and in late antique philosophy examine very different literary traditions to see to what extent techniques and motifs were shared across the religious divide. Each contributor has investigated the probable audience, the literary milieu, and the specific social, political, and cultural circumstances which elicited each apologetic text. In many cases these questions lead on to the further issue of the relation between the readers addressed by the author and the actual readers, and the extent to which a defined literary genre of apologetic developed. These studies, ranging in time from the New Testament to the early fourth century, and including novel contributions by specialists in ancient history, Jewish history, ancient philosophy, the New Testament, and patristics, will put the study of ancient religious apologetic on to a new footing. |
Índice
The Acts of the Apostles as an Apologetic Text | 15 |
Josephus Treatise Against Apion | 45 |
Christian Apologetic as Anti | 59 |
Greek Apologists of the Second Century | 81 |
Minucius Felix | 105 |
Origens Treatise Against Celsus | 131 |
Philostratus In Honour | 157 |
Lactantius | 197 |
Eusebius Apologetic Writings | 223 |
The Constantinian Circle and the Oration to the Saints | 251 |
Bibliography | 277 |
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Términos y frases comunes
accusations Acts addressed Ammonius ancient antiquity Apion Apollonius Apollonius of Tyana apologetic writings Apology argue argument Arnobius Athenagoras attack audience barbarian Celsus chapter charge Christ Christian apologetic Church claim classical Constantine criticism Cyprian defence dialogue discussion Divine Institutes doctrine Ecclesiastical History Egyptians emperor Eusebius fact faith genre Gentiles gods Gospel Greek Apologists Greek culture Hellenism Hellenistic Hierocles Iamblichus ibid Jesus Jewish Scripture Jews Josephus Judaism Justin Justin Martyr Lactantius Latin literary literature Luke's Martyr Minucius Felix Moses narrative Numenius Octavius Origen pagan Paul Paul's persecution Philo philosophers Philostratus Plato Platonists Plotinus poets polemic Porphyry Porphyry's preface prophets Pythagoras Pythagorean question readers reference refutation religion religious response rhetorical Roman Empire Rome second century Second Sophistic seems Socrates Sophists soul speech T. D. Barnes Tatian Tertullian Testament theology Theophilus tradition trans treatise Tricennial Oration true truth Trypho wisdom wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 5 - Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Página 6 - Men of Athens, I have seen for myself how extremely scrupulous you are in all religious matters, 'because I noticed, as I strolled round admiring your 23 sacred monuments, that you had an altar inscribed: To An Unknown God. ° Well, the God whom I proclaim is in fact the one whom you already worship without knowing it.
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