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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Hlavní autor: Niccolai, Lea, 1991- (Autor)
Typ dokumentu: Kniha
Jazyk:Angličtina
Vydáno: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023
Vydání:First published
Edice:Greek culture in the Roman world
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Příbuzné jednotky:Tištěná verze:: Christianity, philosophy, and Roman power
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  • 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