Porphyry Against the Christians
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This volume is a translation of fragments and testimonia of Porphyry's lost work Against the Christians. The first part of the work examines Author, Title, date of composition, and sources. The second part discusses the structure of Against the Christians. The third part focuses on the religious, philosophical, and cultural background of this text. The fourth section constitutes the translation of the fragments and testimonia of Against the Christians. This work is especially important for historians of religion, philosophy, and Biblical Studies for it is an excellent example of a pagan tradition of scriptural interpretation and criticism of Christianity.
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According to R.M. Berchman, the Church Fathers became philologists, text-critics, historians, ethnographers, chronologists in accord with the best standards of their times.
“As summarized by R.M. Berchman (2005), ''first reactive, then proactive, the Church Fathers became philologists, text-critics, historians, ethnographers, chronologists in accord with the best standards of their times''.”
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- Authors
- Berchman, R.
- Corresponding author
- Berchman, Robert
- Venue
- BRILL eBooks
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2005-09-23
- OpenAlex
- W631059710
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Classical Antiquity Studies
- Keywords
- Porphyry, Christian apologetics, early Christian literature, testimonia, fragments, biblical exegesis, New Testament criticism, late antique paganism, religious polemics
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