Christianity, book-burning, and censorship in late antiquity : studies in text transmission /

It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent, of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of Christian authorities in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little sustained consideration by academics. In an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rohmann, Dirk (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]
Colección:Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte.
Temas:
30-600
Censorship > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Prohibited books > History.
Book burning > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Censure > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Livres prohibés > Histoire.
Autodafé de livres > Histoire.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
Book burning
Censorship > Religious aspects > Christianity
Church history > Primitive and early church
Prohibited books
Book-burning.
Christian polemics.
Epicurean philosophy.
censorship.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface ; Contents ; Introduction ; Overview of Previous Scholarship ; Text Transmission in Antiquity ; Factors Affecting the Transmission of Texts ; 1 The Great Persecution, the Emperor Julian and Christian Reactions.
  • 1.1 Laws against Astrologers and Magicians before the Fourth Century 1.2 The Great Persecution ; 1.3 Constantine ; 1.4 Christian Reactions to the Great Persecution ; 1.5 Julian and the Constantinian Dynasty ; 1.6 Christian Reactions to the Emperor Julian ; 1.7 Conclusion.
  • 2 Fahrenheit AD 451
  • Imperial Legislation and Public Authority 2.1 Magic Trials under the Emperor Valens ; 2.2 The Theodosian Dynasty ; 2.3 Philosophy and Astrology ; 2.4 Curiosity and Illness ; 2.5 Rutilius Namatianus and the Burning of the Sibylline Books.
  • 2.6 Magic and Hellenist Trials in the Fifth Century 2.7 Codex Justinianus ; 2.8 Religious Inquisitions in the Age of Justinian ; 2.9 Conclusion ; 3 Holy Men, Clerics and Ascetics ; 3.1 Book-Burning in the Acts of the Apostles ; 3.2 Ecclesiastical Law in Late Antiquity.
  • 3.3 Philosophy and Heresy 3.4 Zacharias' Life of Severus ; 3.5 "I Give You Power to Trample on Serpents" ; 3.6 Individuals Renouncing their Past ; 3.7 Philosophy and Magic ; 3.8 Conclusion ; 4 Materialist Philosophy ; 4.1 Materialist Philosophies in Late Antiquity.

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