Early Christian historiography: narratives of retributive justice

Machine generated contents note: Part 1 Bases and beginnings 1 -- 1 Backdrop: retributive principles in traditional societies and ancient historiography 3 -- 2 The first Christian historian: Luke and his two books 47 -- Part 2 Centrepiece: the Eusebian achievement 107 -- 3 Towards historical triumph...

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Main Author: Trompf, G. W. 1940- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London [u.a.] Continuum 2000
In:Year: 2000
Reviews:Greek biography and panegyric in late antiquity. Edited by Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau (with Christian Høgel). (The Transformation of Classical Heritage, 31.) Pp. xii+288. Berkeley–Los Angeles–London: University of California Press, 2000. £30 (50). 0 520 22388 8 Guardians of letters. Literacy, power, and the transmitters of early Christian literature. By Kim Haines-Eitzen. Pp. x+212. New York–Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. £34.50. 0 19 513564 4 Early Christian historiography. Narratives of retributive justice. By G. W. Trompf. (Studies in Religion.) Pp. xxi+362. London–New York: Continuum, 2000. 0 8264 5294 9 (2002) (Clark, Elizabeth A.)
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Studies in religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Historiography
Further subjects:B Retribution Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600
B Church History Historiography
B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) De civitate dei
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Historiography
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Summary:Machine generated contents note: Part 1 Bases and beginnings 1 -- 1 Backdrop: retributive principles in traditional societies and ancient historiography 3 -- 2 The first Christian historian: Luke and his two books 47 -- Part 2 Centrepiece: the Eusebian achievement 107 -- 3 Towards historical triumphalism: Eusebius, Lactantius and their predecessors 109 -- 4 The man in the middle: Rufinus of Aquileia between East and West 158 -- Part 3 The Byzantine East 185 -- 5 Church history as nonconformism: retributive and eschatological elements in Athanasius and Philostorgius 187 -- 6 The golden chain of Byzantinism: the Tripartite ecclesiastical histories of Socrates, Sozomen and Theodoret 213 -- Part 4 The Latin West 253 -- 7 History as theodicy: Augustine's De civitate Dei 255 -- 8 Consolations of history under the declining Western empire: Sulpicius and Orosius 283
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0826452949

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