Porphyry in Fragments

Reception of an Anti-Christian Text in Late Antiquity

Ariane Magny (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

202 Seiten

2014
Routledge (Verlag)
9781409441151 (ISBN)

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The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote.

The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd century A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote. Scholars have long thought that we could rely on those testimonies to know Porphyry's ideas. Exploring early religious debates which still resonate today, Porphyry in Fragments argues instead that Porphyry's actual thoughts became mixed with the thoughts of the Christians who preserved his ideas, as well as those of other Christian opponents.

Ariane Magny is Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History at Thompson Rivers University, Canada.

Contents: Foreword, Gillian Clark; Preface; Introduction; New methods; Eusebius; Jerome; Augustine’s letter 102; Augustine’s On the Harmony of the Gospels; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-13	9781409441151 / 9781409441151
Zustand	Neuware