1st Edition
Porphyry in Fragments Reception of an Anti-Christian Text in Late Antiquity
By Ariane Magny
Copyright 2014
204 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 century 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... Read more
Contents: Foreword, Gillian Clark; Preface; Introduction; New methods; Eusebius; Jerome; Augustine’s letter 102; Augustine’s On the Harmony of the Gospels; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Ariane Magny is Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History at Thompson Rivers University, Canada.
'[Magny’s] work illuminates the use Christian writers made of Porphyry and is a stimulating and fruitful study.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
