Apologists on Trials: Justin’s Second Apology, the Literary Courtroom, and Pleading Philosophy
This paper presents a fresh reading of Justin’s Second Apology . It focuses on that text’s narrative sections—the so-called martyrdom of Ptolemaeus and Lucius, and Justin’s own rift with Crescens. It demonstrates both these stories’ intratextual links, and their intertextual ties with contemporary m...
| Subtitles: | Justin of Rome: Apology, Empire and Identity |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2024
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2024, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-75 |
| Further subjects: | B
Second Apology
B Achilles Tatius B Apuleius B Apology B Justin B Leucippe and Clitophon |
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| Summary: | This paper presents a fresh reading of Justin’s Second Apology . It focuses on that text’s narrative sections—the so-called martyrdom of Ptolemaeus and Lucius, and Justin’s own rift with Crescens. It demonstrates both these stories’ intratextual links, and their intertextual ties with contemporary mid-2d century literature—Achilles Tatius’ Greek novel Leucippe and Clitophon , and Apuleius’ Latin Apology . These in turn reveal the sophisticated rhetorical devices Justin employs, his goals in so doing, and the consequences for our understanding of the supposed new genre of Christian "apology." |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2024-0003 |