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Sons of Hellenism, fathers of the church : Emperor Julian, Gregory of Nazianzus, and the vision of Rome /
This groundbreaking study brings into dialogue for the first time the writings of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and his most outspoken critic, Bishop Gregory of Nazianzus, a central figure of Christianity. Susanna Elm compares these two men not to draw out the obvious contrast betwee...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Transformation of the classical heritage ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Universalism and Governance; Julian the Emperor and Gregory the Theologian; Gregory and the Bishops; Julian and Gregory in Context; Part one; 1. Nazianzus and the Eastern Empire, 330-361; Nazianzus and Gregory: The Personal and the Local; Constantinople: Emperor, Cosmopolis, and Cosmos; Constantius's Triumph: Unity and Harmony, 358-360; Reversal: Constantius and Julian Augustus, 360-361; 2. Julian, from Caesar to Augustus: Paris to Constantinople, 355-362; Toward Constantinople: From Caesar to Augustus, 360-361.
- Julian's Concepts of Leadership: Philosopher and King3. Philosopher, Leader, Priest: Julian in Constantinople, Spring 362; The Context of Julian's Concepts of the True Philosophical Life; A Philosopher as Leader, in Julian's Own Words: Against the Cynic Heraclius; A Universal Divinity for a Universal Empire; or, How to Interpret Myth: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods; How to Achieve True Philosophy: Against the Uneducated Cynics; The Law Regarding Teachers; Part two; 4. On the True Philosophical Life and Ideal Christian Leadership: Gregory's Inaugural Address, Oration 2.
- A High-Wire Act:The True Philosophical Life as the Model of Priesthood in Late AntiquityThe Codes of Aptitude; 5. The Most Potent Pharmakon: Gregory the Elder and Nazianzus; The Other High-Wire Act: Fathers and Sons; The Royal Road: Gregory the Elder's Opponents at Nazianzus; 6. Armed like a Hoplite--Gregory the Political Philosopher at War: Eunomius, Photinus, and Julian; Oikeiosis pros Theon as Political Philosophy; The Enemy on the Inside: Photinus and Eunomius; What Do Words Mean?; Oikeiosis prosTheon: Oration 2 against Eunomius; Part three.
- 7. A Health-Giving Star Shining on the East: Julian in Antioch, July 362 to March 363The Emperor as Priest; Julian's Divine Mandate; The Platonic Philosopher-King: The Misopogon and Julian's Universal Vision; 8. The Making of the Apostate: Gregory's Oration 4 against Julian; The Pillar of Infamy: An Inverted Fürstenspiegel; Imperial Decrees and Divine Enactments: Julian and Constantius; 9. A Bloodless Sacrifice of Words to the Word: Logoi for the Logos; Myth and Allegory; Logoi: The Theological Implications; Apostasis versus Theosis; or, True Oikeiosis pros Theon.
- Oration 6, On Peace: Unity and Concord10. Gregory's Second Strike, Oration 5; The Pagan Context; Gregory's Second Strike against the Pagans; Procopius versus Valens; Conclusion: Visions of Rome; Governing the Oikoumene; Authority and Kinship of the Elites; Competing Universalisms; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.