Christians in conversation: a guide to late antique dialogues in Greek and Syriac

"To study Christian dialogues means to recognize that the dialogue form, notably employed by Plato and Aristotle, did not exhaust itself with the philosophical schools of Classical and Hellenistic Greece, but emerged transformed and reinvigorated in the religiously diverse world of Late Antiqui...

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Main Author: Rigolio, Alberto 1985- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Oxford studies in late antiquity
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greek language / Syriac language / Church / Christian literature / Dialogue / Late Antiquity
IxTheo Classification:KAA Church history
Further subjects:B Church History Primitive and early church
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
B Christian literature, Early
B Dialogue Religious aspects Christianity
B Christian literature, Early History and criticism
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Summary:"To study Christian dialogues means to recognize that the dialogue form, notably employed by Plato and Aristotle, did not exhaust itself with the philosophical schools of Classical and Hellenistic Greece, but emerged transformed and reinvigorated in the religiously diverse world of Late Antiquity. The Christians's use of the dialogue form within religious controversy resulted in a burgeoning activity of composition of prose dialogues, which now opposed a Christian and a Jew, a Christian and a pagan, a Christian and a Manichaean, an orthodox and a heretic, or, later, a Christian and a Muslim. The present work offers the first comprehensive analysis of Christian dialogues in Greek and in Syriac from the earliest examples in the second century to the end of the sixth century"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0190915455