Apologetics in the Roman Empire
Title | Apologetics in the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Mark J. Edwards |
Publisher | Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | 330 |
Release | 1999-06-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 019154437X |
This book is the first to tackle the origins and purpose of literary religious apologetic in the first centuries of the Christian era by discussing, on their own terms, texts composed by pagan and Jewish authors as well as Christians. Previous studies of apologetic have focused primarily on the Christian apologists of the second century. These, and other Christian authors, are represented also in this volume but, in addition, experts in the religious history of the pagan world, in Judaism, and in late antique philosophy examine very different literary traditions to see to what extent techniques and motifs were shared across the religious divide. Each contributor has investigated the probable audience, the literary milieu, and the specific social, political, and cultural circumstances which elicited each apologetic text. In many cases these questions lead on to the further issue of the relation between the readers addressed by the author and the actual readers, and the extent to which a defined literary genre of apologetic developed. These studies, ranging in time from the New Testament to the early fourth century, and including novel contributions by specialists in ancient history, Jewish history, ancient philosophy, the New Testament, and patristics, will put the study of ancient religious apologetic on to a new footing.
Christian and Pagan in the Roman Empire
Title | Christian and Pagan in the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Tertullian |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Total Pages | 201 |
Release | 2001-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813210216 |
In this volume, Robert D. Sider undertakes a judicious pruning of the original texts and brings a fresh accessibility to the important writings of Tertullian.
An Apology for Christianity
Title | An Apology for Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Watson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 1777 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
An Apology for Christianity
Title | An Apology for Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Watson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 1776 |
Genre | Apologetics |
ISBN |
An apology for Christianity, in a series of letters, addressed to E. Gibbon, author of The decline and fall of the Roman empire
Title | An apology for Christianity, in a series of letters, addressed to E. Gibbon, author of The decline and fall of the Roman empire PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Watson (bp. of Llandaff.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 266 |
Release | 1791 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Barbarian or Greek?
Title | Barbarian or Greek? PDF eBook |
Author | Stamenka Antonova |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 348 |
Release | 2018-11-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004306242 |
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.
The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
Title | The Christians as the Romans Saw Them PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Louis Wilken |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780300098396 |
This book offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.