The Sentences of Sextus and the Origins of Christian Asceticism. By Daniele Pevarello
The current popularity of often overtly ‘pagan’ guides to self-improvement indicates the value of an awareness of the varied Greek influences on Christian asceticism as ideals already naturalized in the wider inherited Mediterranean tradition. This careful and perceptive study investigates the likel...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 727-729 |
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| Summary: | The current popularity of often overtly ‘pagan’ guides to self-improvement indicates the value of an awareness of the varied Greek influences on Christian asceticism as ideals already naturalized in the wider inherited Mediterranean tradition. This careful and perceptive study investigates the likely and specifically Pythagorean sources of The Sentences of Sextus (sources found chiefly in Clitarchus and The Pythagorean Sentences). Sextus is here read as a Christian ‘apologetically’ marrying admired traditional philosophical ideals of disciplined restraint and self-sufficiency with emergent second-century Christian faith and insights in various surviving texts. |
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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/flu089 |