Apologetics in the Roman Empire Pagans, Jews, and Christians

Name: Apologetics in the Roman Empire Pagans, Jews, and Christians
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ISBN: 9780198269861

ISBN-10: 0198269862

ISBN-13: 9780198269861

Edition: 1999

Authors: Mark J. Edwards, Martin Goodman, Simon Price, Chris Rowland

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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…

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List price: $265.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/12/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 326
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Martin Goodman is the author of "In Search of the Divine Mother" & "On Bended Knees", which was short listed for the Whitbread First Novel Award, as well as numerous stories, magazine articles, & plays. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, & the French Pyrenees.



Introduction: Apologetics in the Roman World


The Acts of the Apostles as an Apologetic Text


Josephus' Treatise Against Apion


Talking at Trypho: Christian Apologetic as Anti-Judaism in Justin's Dialogue twith Trypho the Jew


Greek Apologists of the Second Century


Latin Christian Apologetics: Minucius Felix, Tertullian, and Cyprian


Origen's Treatise Against Celsus


Defending Hellenism: Philostratus, In Honour of Apollonius


The Flowering of Latin Apologetic: Lactantius and Arnobius


Eusebius' Apologetic Writings


The Constantine Circle and the Oration to the Saints