Against the Christians : The Rise of Early Anti-Christian Polemic Second Printing.
Title:
Against the Christians : The Rise of Early Anti-Christian Polemic Second Printing.
Author:
Hargis, Jeffrey W.
ISBN:
9781453910115
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Series:
Patristic Studies ; v.1
Patristic Studies
Contents:
Table of Contents -- 1. Defining the Christian "Other": From Persecution to Polemic 1 -- 2. Celsus and the "Revolt Against the Community" 17 -- 3. Celsus, Plato, and the Gods 41 -- 4. Porphyry and the Polemic of Universalism 63 -- 5. Julian the Apostate and the Politics of Hellenism 91 -- 6. Julian and the Bounded God 107 -- 7. Negotiating the Pagan-Christian Divide 129 -- Notes 139 -- Select Bibliography 155 -- Index 167 -- BM 1 173.
Abstract:
Against the Christians examines the anti-Christian polemic works of Celsus, Porphyry, and Julian the Apostate. The first book to analyze the phenomenon of early anti-Christian literature in depth, it chooses the critics' objection to Christian exclusivism as its starting point. The evolution in the polemic, from a rhetoric of radical distinction to one of rhetorical assimilation, reveals a sophisticated attempt to expose contradictions and inconsistencies within Christianity, while at the same time reflecting the process of fusion between Christianity and the culture of late antiquity.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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