The notion of heresy in Greek literature in the second and third centuries
This investigation aims to demonstrate how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Martyr. First published in 1985 under the title La notion d'hérésie dans la littérature grecque (IIe-IIIesiècles), it has been newly translated into English, with the addition of a new introduction su...
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2022
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Le Boulluec, Alain, 1941-, The notion of heresy in Greek literature in the second and third centuries] (2023) (Gray, Patrick, 1970 -)
[Rezension von: Le Boulluec, Alain, 1941-, The notion of heresy in Greek literature in the second and third centuries] (2023) (Edwards, Mark, 1962 -) |
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| Summary: | This investigation aims to demonstrate how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Martyr. First published in 1985 under the title La notion d'hérésie dans la littérature grecque (IIe-IIIesiècles), it has been newly translated into English, with the addition of a new introduction surveying literature in the intervening decades. Cover -- The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries -- Copyright -- Foreword to the 1985 Edition -- Editorial Preface -- Introduction to the New English Edition -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: FROM JUSTIN TO IRENAEUS -- 1: The Birth of Heresiology -- I. Portrayals of dissent before Justin -- 1. Terminology -- Clement of Rome -- Ignatius -- 2. The origin, causes, and nature of divisions -- Clement: 'jealousy' -- The 'divided soul' of the rebels -- Error and novelty -- Ignatius: doctrinal character and diabolical origin of heresy -- Martyrdom and the fight against heresy -- The Didache and the expulsion of the 'false prophets' -- Conclusion -- II. The contribution of Justin -- 1. Jewish precedents -- Philo and Josephus -- The Acts of the Apostles -- 2. The adaptation and transformation of Greek historiographical patterns -- The designation of sects -- The sense of αἵρεσις from the third century BCE -- Philosophical αἵρεσις and Περὶ αἱρέσεων -- Naming 'heresies' -- The history of philosophy according to Justin -- The question of the Greek sources -- Christian traits of Justin's portrayal -- The doctrine of 'seeds' -- The comparison between 'schools' and 'sects': a polemical analogy -- The birth of heresiology and philosophical koinē -- 3. The novelty of Christian heresiology -- The demonic nature of heresy -- Recourse to the 'sayings' of the Lord -- The Church's fight against heresies -- Heresiology and the theme of Verus Israel -- 4. A heresiological construction: the catalogue of Jewish 'sects' -- Sadducees and Pharisees -- 'Genists' and 'Merists' -- 'Hellenians' -- 'Galileans' -- Heresiological traits in the catalogue -- The use of αἵρεσις in Dialogue 62.3 -- 5. Usefulness of the Greek model -- The human origin of non-Christianteachings -- Master and disciple: the heretics Simon and Menander. |
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| ISBN: | 0192543849 |