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The making of fornication : eros, ethics, and political reform in Greek philosophy and early Christianity /
This work provides a reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. It shows that early Christian goals to eradicate fornication were derived from the sexual rules and poetic norms of the Greek bible.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Hellenistic culture and society ;
39. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This work provides a reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. It shows that early Christian goals to eradicate fornication were derived from the sexual rules and poetic norms of the Greek bible. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 359 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520929463 0520929462 058545633X 9780585456331 1282356984 9781282356986 |