Theodoret’s People: Social Networks and Religious Conflict in Late Roman Syria. By Adam M. Schor
The subtitle explains the scope and content of this instructive study. Theodoret’s correspondence is used, along with other writings by the learned and eloquent bishop of Cyrrhus (mainly the Historia religiosa and the Eranistes), to explain how a system of social reticulation was maintained of which...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 335-337 |
| Review of: | Theodoret's people (Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press, 2011) (Wickham, L. R.)
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| Summary: | The subtitle explains the scope and content of this instructive study. Theodoret’s correspondence is used, along with other writings by the learned and eloquent bishop of Cyrrhus (mainly the Historia religiosa and the Eranistes), to explain how a system of social reticulation was maintained of which he was the hub or focus, and which was based on patronage in a broad sense, on doctrinal affiliation, and on personal acquaintance. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fls051 |