Against the Christians. The Rise of Early Anti-Christian Polemic (Patristic Studies 1)
Jeffrey W. Hargis
Against the Christians examines the anti-Christian polemic works of Celsus, Porphyry, and Julian the Apostate. The first book to analyze the phenomenon of early anti-Christian literature in depth, it chooses the critics' objection to Christian exclusivism as its starting point. The evolution of the polemic, from a rhetoric of radical distinction to one of "rhetorical assimilation," reveals a sophisticated attempt to expose contradictions and inconsistencies within Christianity while at the same time reflecting the process of fusion between Christianity and the culture of late antiquity.
年:
1999
出版社:
Peter Lang
语言:
english
页:
183
ISBN 10:
0820441562
ISBN 13:
9780820441566
系列:
Patristic Studies volume 1
文件:
PDF, 6.40 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1999