Eusebius Of Caesarea Against Paganism
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Download Eusebius Of Caesarea Against Paganism PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Eusebius Of Caesarea Against Paganism book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Eusebius Of Caesarea Against Paganism
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Aryeh Kofsky
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-01-29
Eusebius Of Caesarea Against Paganism written by Aryeh Kofsky and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-29 with Religion categories.
Dealing with the subject of apologetics and polemics against the pagans in Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260-340), this volume discusses his response to the vigorous political, cultural and religious campaign launched against Christianity in his time. The first part of the book examines the background for Eusebius' apologetic enterprise and his early apologetic writings. The second and main part of the study analyzes major topics in Eusebius' great two-part apologetic work, the Praeparatio Evangelica and the Demonstratio Evangelica, such as the concept of Christian prehistory, prophecy and miracles. The last part deals with Eusebius' tactics and rhetoric and the place of Porphyry - the outstanding pagan polemicist against Christianity - in Eusebius' work. This part closes with a discussion of Eusebius' final apologetic statement in his work The Theophany, reflecting already the recent triumph of Christianity. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Ethnicity And Argument In Eusebius Praeparatio Evangelica
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Aaron P. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-10-12
Ethnicity And Argument In Eusebius Praeparatio Evangelica written by Aaron P. Johnson and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-12 with Religion categories.
Eusebius' magisterial Praeparatio Evangelica (written sometime between AD 313 and 324) offers an apologetic defence of Christianity in the face of Greek accusations of irrationality and impiety. Though brimming with the quotations of other (often lost) Greek authors, the work is dominated by a clear and sustained argument. Against the tendency to see the Praeparatio as merely an anthology of other sources or a defence of monotheistic religion against paganism, Aaron P. Johnson seeks to appreciate Eusebius' contribution to the discourses of Christian identity by investigating the constructions of ethnic identity (especially Greek) at the heart of his work. Analysis of his `ethnic argumentation' exhibits a method of defending Christianity by construing its opponents as historically rooted nations, whose place in the narrative of world history serves to undermine the legitimacy of their claims to ancient wisdom and piety.
Preparation For The Gospel
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Bishop Eusebius
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2002-09-20
Preparation For The Gospel written by Bishop Eusebius and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-20 with Religion categories.
J. B. Lightfoot ranked Eusebius's Preparation for the Gospel and Proof of the Gospel together as Òprobably the most important apologetic work of the Early church.Ó Eusebius purpose in Preparation for the Gospel to provide ÒbriefÓ answers to Òthe questions which may reasonably be put to us both by Greeks and by those of the Circumcision, and by every one who searches with exact inquiry into the opinions held among us.Ó The questions boiled down to two for the Hellenists: Why had Christians abandoned the ancestral religion of the Greeks? and Why had they accepted the foreign doctrines of barbarians (the Jews)? ÒThe forcible and true conceptions which [Eusebius's Preparation] exhibits from time to time, more especially bearing on the theme which may be briefly designated 'God in history,'Ó said Lightfoot, Òarrest our attention now, and must have impressed his contemporaries still more strongly.Ó Lightfoot concluded that Òin learning and comprehensivenessÓ this work is Òwithout a rival.Ó It begins with a discussion of the myths of pagan theology and their allegorical interpretation. Then Eusebius describes the chief oracles of paganism, its worship of demons, and the opinions of Greek Philosophers on fate and free will. Next he cites the testimony of various authors to the excellency and historical accuracy of the Old Testament. Finally he argues that the Greeks, and especially Plato, borrowed from the older theology of the Jews, and he reveals how Greek philosophers contradicted one another.
The Archaeology Of Late Antique Paganism
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Luke Lavan
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-06-22
The Archaeology Of Late Antique Paganism written by Luke Lavan and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-22 with Social Science categories.
Papers from the conference "The Archaeology of Late Antique Paganism" held in 2005 in Leuven.
The Last Pagan Emperor
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : H. C. Teitler
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-13
The Last Pagan Emperor written by H. C. Teitler and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-13 with History categories.
Flavius Claudius Julianus was the last pagan to sit on the Roman imperial throne (361-363). Born in Constantinople in 331 or 332, Julian was raised as a Christian, but apostatized, and during his short reign tried to revive paganism, which, after the conversion to Christianity of his uncle Constantine the Great early in the fourth century, began losing ground at an accelerating pace. Having become an orphan when he was still very young, Julian was taken care of by his cousin Constantius II, one of Constantine's sons, who permitted him to study rhetoric and philosophy and even made him co-emperor in 355. But the relations between Julian and Constantius were strained from the beginning, and it was only Constantius' sudden death in 361 which prevented an impending civil war. As sole emperor, Julian restored the worship of the traditional gods. He opened pagan temples again, reintroduced animal sacrifices, and propagated paganism through both the spoken and the written word. In his treatise Against the Galilaeans he sharply criticised the religion of the followers of Jesus whom he disparagingly called 'Galilaeans'. He put his words into action, and issued laws which were displeasing to Christians--the most notorious being his School Edict. This provoked the anger of the Christians, who reacted fiercely, and accused Julian of being a persecutor like his predecessors Nero, Decius, and Diocletian. Violent conflicts between pagans and Christians made themselves felt all over the empire. It is disputed whether or not Julian himself was behind such outbursts. Accusations against the Apostate continued to be uttered even after the emperor's early death. In this book, the feasibility of such charges is examined.
The Ways That Never Parted
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Adam H. Becker
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2003
The Ways That Never Parted written by Adam H. Becker and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Traditional scholarship on the history of Jewish/Christian relations has been largely based on the assumption that Judaism and Christianity were shaped by a definitive 'Parting of the Ways'. According to this model, the two religions institutionalized their differences by the second century and, thereafter, developed in relative isolation from one another, interacting mainly through polemical conflict and mutual misperception.This volume grows out of a joint Princeton-Oxford project dedicated to exploring the limits of the traditional model and to charting new directions for future research. Drawing on the expertise of scholars of both Jewish Studies and Patristics, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the interaction between Jews and Christians between the Bar Kokhba Revolt and the rise of Islam. The contributors question the conventional wisdom concerning the formation of religious identity, the interpenetration of Jewish and Christian traditions, the fate of 'Jewish-Christianity', and the nature of religious polemics in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. By moving beyond traditional assumptions about the essential differences between Judaism and Christianity, this volume thus attempts to open the way for a more nuanced understanding of the history of these two religions and the constantly changing yet always meaningful relationship between them.
Barbarian Or Greek
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : Stamenka Antonova
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Barbarian Or Greek written by Stamenka Antonova and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Religion categories.
An examination of the charge of barbarism against the early Christians in the context of ancient rhetorical practices and mechanisms of othering, marginalization and persecution in the Roman Empire.
Renaissance Humanism From The Middle Ages To Modern Times
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : John Monfasani
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Renaissance Humanism From The Middle Ages To Modern Times written by John Monfasani and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
Starting with an essay on the Renaissance as the concluding phase of the Middle Ages and ending with appreciations of Paul Oskar Kristeller, the great twentieth-century scholar of the Renaissance, this new volume by John Monfasani brings together seventeen articles that focus both on individuals, such as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Angelo Poliziano, Marsilio Ficino, and Niccolò Perotti, and on large-scale movements, such as the spread of Italian humanism, Ciceronianism, Biblical criticism, and the Plato-Aristotle Controversy. In addition to entering into the persistent debate on the nature of the Renaissance, the articles in the volume also engage what of late have become controversial topics, namely, the shape and significance of Renaissance humanism and the character of the Platonic Academy in Florence.
The Innocence Of Pontius Pilate
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : David Lloyd Dusenbury
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-01
The Innocence Of Pontius Pilate written by David Lloyd Dusenbury and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-01 with Religion categories.
The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died 'under Pontius Pilate'. But what exactly does that mean? Within decades of Jesus' death, Christians began suggesting that it was the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus--a notion later echoed in the Qur'an. In the third century, one philosopher raised the notion that, although Pilate had condemned Jesus, he'd done so justly; this idea survives in one of the main strands of modern New Testament criticism. So what is the truth of the matter? And what is the history of that truth? David Lloyd Dusenbury reveals Pilate's 'innocence' as not only a neglected theological question, but a recurring theme in the history of European political thought. He argues that Jesus' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of Hippo's North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern Europe. Without the Roman trial of Jesus, and the arguments over Pilate's innocence, the history of empire--from the first century to the twenty-first--would have been radically different.
Pagans And Christians In Late Antiquity
DOWNLOAD
AUDIOBOOK
READ ONLINE
Author : A. D. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-11
Pagans And Christians In Late Antiquity written by A. D. Lee and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-11 with History categories.
In Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity, A.D. Lee documents the transformation of the religious landscape of the Roman world from one of enormous diversity of religious practices and creeds in the 3rd century to a situation where, by the 6th century, Christianity had become the dominant religious force. Using translated extracts from contemporary sources he examines the fortunes of pagans and Christians from the upheavals of the 3rd Century, through the dramatic events associated with the emperors Constantine, Julian and Theodosius in the 4th, to the increasingly tumultuous times of the 5th and 6th centuries, while also illustrating important themes in late antique Christianity such as the growth of monasticism, the emerging power of bishops and the development of pilgrimage, as well as the fate of other significant religious groups including Jews and Manichaeans. This new edition has been updated to include: additional documentary material, including newly published papyri an expanded chapter on the emperor Constantine greater attention to church controversies in the fourth and fifth centuries thoroughly updated references and further reading, taking into account developments in modern scholarship during the past fifteen years. Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity is an invaluable resource for students of the late antique world, and of early Christianity and the early Church.