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  1. Porphyry in fragments
    reception of an anti-Christian text in late antiquity
    Published: [2014]; © 2014
    Publisher:  Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey

    The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd c. A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered... more

    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    2016/3182
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    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
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    The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd c. A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote. Scholars have long thought that we could rely on those testimonies to know Porphyry's ideas. Exploring early religious debates which still resonate today, 'Porphyry in Fragments' argues instead that Porphyry's actual thoughts became mixed with the thoughts of the Christians who preserved his ideas, as well as those of other Christian opponents

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1409441156; 9781409441151
    RVK Categories: CD 6617 ; BO 2200 ; FH 69453
    Series: Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquity
    Subjects: Christianity
    Other subjects: Porphyry (approximately 234-approximately 305): Against the Christians; Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea (approximately 260-approximately 340); Jerome Saint (-419 or 420); Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430); Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430): De consensu Evangelistarum
    Scope: xiii, 183 Seiten
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    Literaturverzeichnis Seite 157-176

  2. Porphyry in fragments
    reception of an anti-christian text in Late Antiquity
    Published: 2014; © 2014
    Publisher:  Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey

    The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd c. A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    GE 2015/7892
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    Fakultätsbibliothek Theologie
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    Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
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    Diözesanbibliothek Münster
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    Philologisches Seminar, Bibliothek
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    Theologicum, Evangelisches und Katholisches Seminar, Bibliothek
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    The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd c. A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote. Scholars have long thought that we could rely on those testimonies to know Porphyry's ideas. Exploring early religious debates which still resonate today, 'Porphyry in Fragments' argues instead that Porphyry's actual thoughts became mixed with the thoughts of the Christians who preserved his ideas, as well as those of other Christian opponents

     

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