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edocfu_9958352323102883
Format:
1 online resource (272 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812203462
Series Statement:
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Content:
In Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity, Jeremy M. Schott examines the ways in which conflicts between Christian and pagan intellectuals over religious, ethnic, and cultural identity contributed to the transformation of Roman imperial rhetoric and ideology in the early fourth century C.E.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction. Identity Politics in the Later Roman Empire --
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Chapter 1. Philosophers, Apologists, and Empire --
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Chapter 2. Porphyry on Greeks, Christians, and Others --
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Chapter 3. Vera Religio and Falsae Religiones: Lactantius's Divine Institutes --
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Chapter 4. What Difference Does an Emperor Make? Apologetics and Imperial Ideology in Constantine's Oration to the Saints and Imperial Letters --
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Chapter 5 From Hebrew Wisdom to Christian Hegemony: Eusebius of Caesarea’s Apologetics and Panegyrics --
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Epilogue Empire’s Palimpsest --
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Appendix. Porphyry’s Polemics and the Great Persecution --
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Abbreviations --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812203462
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203462
