Christianity, philosophy, and Roman power : Constantine, Julian, and the bishops on exegesis and empire /
This book rethinks the Christianisation of the late Roman empire as a crisis of knowledge, pointing to competitive cultural re-assessment as a major driving force in the making of the Constantinian and post-Constantinian state. Emperor Julian's writings are re-assessed as key to accessing the r...
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Typ dokumentu: | Kniha |
Jazyk: | Angličtina |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2023
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Vydání: | First published |
Edice: | Greek culture in the Roman world
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On-line přístup: | Elektronická verze přístupná pouze pro studenty a pracovníky MU |
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Christianity, philosophy, and Roman power |
Obsah:
- Part I, At Constantius' court: Julian Caesar
- 1, How philosophers should take compliments when they happen to become kings
- 2, Climbing the ladder
- Part II, Making and breaking Constantine: Julian Augustus
- 3, Holy hermeneutics
- 4, A life for a life
- Part III, After Julian: Philosophy in the world
- 5, Those who know if the emperor knows
- 6, Wisdom for the many, and wisdom for the few