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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford studies in late antiquity
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greek language
/ Syriac language
/ Church
/ Christian literature
/ Dialogue
/ Late Antiquity
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| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0190915455 |