Christians in conversation : a guide to late antique dialogues in Greek and Syriac /
'Christians in Conversation' deals with a particular form of writing by Christians in late antiquity, the prose dialogue. The present work offers a comprehensive analysis of Christian dialogues in Greek and in Syriac from the earliest examples in the second century up to the end of the six...
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- Englisch
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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'Christians in Conversation' deals with a particular form of writing by Christians in late antiquity, the prose dialogue. The present work offers a comprehensive analysis of Christian dialogues in Greek and in Syriac from the earliest examples in the second century up to the end of the sixth century. It shows that several Christian authors chose the dialogue form to convey fundamental theological views, and argues that dialogues were intended as tools of opinion formation in late antique society, thus opening up this vast strand of literature to the interests of the cultural and intellectual historians.
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- 1 online resource (313 pages)
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- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Zielpublikum:
- Specialized.
- Bibliografie:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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0-19-091547-1
0-19-091548-X
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Parallelausgabe: 0-19-091545-5
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