christianity reconsidering philostorgius interpretation

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15 reviews
William A. Martell

Human Kinetics Publishers, 1993

Great for Observers, for Understanding and Insight
I would like to describe how extremely helpful this book is to a spectator of the sport of wrestling. Since I am merely a fan or observer of this great sport, I don't have the inside knowledge to understand exactly what I am seeing when I watch wrestling. This book has been an excellent reference text and teaching guide for me to learn more about my favorite sport. Since so much happens in ...

Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World

1 review
Matthew Dickie

Routledge, 2003

An Indispensable Guide to Classical Magic
Beginning with an overview of what constitutes magic and magical behavior in the Classical world, Dickie traces the evolution of the concept of magic through his chosen period (500 BCE - 700 CE). His precise field of inquiry is the "common" magic-worker, insofar as such a practitioner existed. He attempts to answer the questions "who was doing magic and why?" by examining a vast array of ...

Philostorgius: Church History (Writings from the Greco-Roman World) (Writings from the Greco-Roman World)

Society of Biblical Literature, 2007

Philostorgius (born 368 C.E.) was a member of the Eunomian sect of Christianity, a nonconformist faction deeply opposed to the form of Christianity adopted by the Roman government as the official religion of its empire. He wrote his twelve-book Church History , the critical edition of the surviving remnants of which is presented here in English translation, at the beginning of the fifth century as a revisionist history of the church and the ...

The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World

1 review

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Outstanding
I am a retired professor of Classics. My speciality was ancient Greek and Latin poetry, not history. So, I can review this book with more knowledge than most, but not as much knowledge as some. Its contributors are among the world's leading ancient historians; and their contributions provide both a broad survey and an intensive analysis of a subject that is more interesting and important than ...

History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World: The Jews of Palestine from Alexander the Great to the Arab ...
Peter Schäfer

Routledge, 2003

In the encounter with Hellenism which confronted the Jews of Palestine in the form of Greek, Roman and finally Christian supremacy, a Judaism developed which had far outgrown its biblical origins and which was to influence the history of Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Jews in the Greco-Roman World examines the political history of the Jewish people in Palestine in terms of the interaction between political activity and ...

Approaches to Ancient Judaism: Volume 5, Studies in Judaism and Its Greco-Roman Context (Brown Judaic Studies ...

University of South Florida, 1978

The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity

8 reviews
James S. Jeffers

InterVarsity Press, 1999

Wonderful book about wonderful world
To understand the biblical world is important if we want to be more familiar with our Bible. But the problem is often, if not all, books about New Testament Background is not written for Christians in general. Most of them are dry or very dry to read. This one is a rare exception. You will be driven to read it from start to finish as soon as possible because EVERY chapter is ranged from good to ...

Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook

1 review

Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003

A well-rounded compilation
Compiled and edited by J. Paul Samley (Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Christian Origins, Boston University), Paul In The Greco-Roman World: A Handbook is an impressively erudite, scholarly, 704-page anthology of in-depth studies by learned academicians examining the apostle Paul within the context of the Greco-Roman world in which he lived. Examining social conventions of Paul's world, ...

Moses in Greco-roman Paganism
John G. Gager

Society of Biblical Literature, 1972

In Search of the Classic: Reconsidering the Greco-Roman Tradition, Homer to Valery and Beyond
Steven Shankman

Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1994

Her Share of the Blessings: Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World

1 review
Ross Shepard Kraemer

Oxford University Press, USA, 1994

A passionate eye on women's gifts to Western religion
A well-researched account of devout women in Judeo-Christian tradition, their gifts to religion, and the restrictions placed on those gifts. Kraemer compares developments, both within and between regional churches. In many areas, Kraemer shows, women never lost their right to serve as teachers and deaconesses. As Archbishop John Chrysosthom of Constantinople explained (around the year 400), the ...

Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical ...

Society of Biblical Literature, 2003

How did Greco-Roman discourse shape early Christian literature and identity? Contextualizing Acts advances the discussion in this collection of innovative analyses of the intersection of Lukan narrative and Greco-Roman discourse. Topics span the adaptation of ancient rhetoric and historiography, influence of epics and novels, role of orality, and status of designations such as apologetic.

The Interpretation of New Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism
John Granger Cook

Hendrickson Publishers, 2002

In the early centuries of what came to be called the Christian era, that new religion competed not only with Judaism but also with various traditional Greco-Roman religious beliefs and practices. "Pagan" intellectuals read the emerging Christian scriptures and responded with critiques that provoked lengthy and repeated rejoinders from contemporary Christian leaders. In some cases, these criticisms anticipated perspectives that re-emerged many ...

Greek and Roman Mythology, Volume 3 (Greek and Roman Mythology (Graphic Novels))

1 review
Cirro Oh

YoungJin Singapore Pte. Ltd., 2005

Kids love this!
If you want to get kids excited about Mythology, this is the ticket. The format is prefect for the pre-teen group. My son had Vol. 1 - 3 of this series and reads them over and over again. His friends always want to borrow them and parents want to know where I got them.

Iamblichus: De Mysteriis (Writings from the Greco-Roman World, V. 4.) (Writings from the Greco-Roman World, ...

1 review
Emma C. Clarke, John M. Dillon, ...

Society of Biblical Literature, 2003

Exoteric Manual of Theurgy receives a much needed updating
Before this English translation of Iamblichus' only surviving defense of theurgy, scholars and those few others, curious about such matters had only Taylors' version to refer to. (While I am aware of A. Wilders' translation it suffers from far too many errors to be of much real value). Now Clarke, Dillon, and Hershbell have gifted us with what is sure to be the standard for years to come. That is ...

Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology

5 reviews
Mike Dixon-Kennedy

ABC-Clio Inc, 1998

Easy to use and loaded with information!
This book is laided out extremely well, just look for the name of a person, place, or things in Greek or Roman legend and it's there. It even gives exact locations of the constelations in the myths lke Orion and Scorpio. I would recomend this book to anyone!

Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West
Beert C Verstraete, Vernon Provencal

Routledge, 2006

Women and Slaves in Greco-Roman Culture: Differential Equations

1 review
S. Murnaghan

Routledge, 2001

Some great essays
Of the 13 essays in this collection, 6 of them are truly solid and insightful offering us evidence and interpretations of how the categories of gender and free status interacted in the Greek and Roman worlds. Joshel and Murnaghan's introduction sets the intellectual stage for the entire collection and I could easily see assigning it in an upper level undergraduate class. However there are two ...

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