Universal salvation in late antiquity: Porphyry of Tyre and the Pagan-Christian debate

Porphyry of Tyre : life & historical contexts -- Contextualizing a Porphyrian soteriology -- De philosophia ex oraculis : soteriological structure and contents -- The contra Christianos in the context of universalism -- Eusebius and Porphyry : the theophany -- The historical and cultural context...

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Main Author: Simmons, Michael Bland (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Michael Bland Simmons: Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity. Porphyry of Tyre and the Pagan-Christian Debate] (2015) (Becker, Matthias, 1982 -)
Series/Journal:Oxford studies in late antiquity
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Porphyrius 233-301 / Soteriology
Further subjects:B Salvation
B Rome Religion Rome (Empire) Comparative studies
B Porphyry approximately 234-approximately 305 Porphyry approximately 234-approximately 305 30 - 600
B Salvation Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600
B Salvation Christianity History of doctrines Early church
B Universalism
B Religion
B Salvation Comparative studies
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Summary:Porphyry of Tyre : life & historical contexts -- Contextualizing a Porphyrian soteriology -- De philosophia ex oraculis : soteriological structure and contents -- The contra Christianos in the context of universalism -- Eusebius and Porphyry : the theophany -- The historical and cultural context of universalism -- The meaning of salvation in a Greco-Roman milieu -- The Philosophia ex oraculis : a tripartite soteriological universalism -- Porphyry & Iamblichus -- Eschatological salvation -- Historical context : Caracalla to Constantine -- Religious universalism : paganism and Christianity -- Conclusions
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 397-477
ISBN:0190202394