Porphyry Against the Christians
ISBN: 9789047415725
Platform/Publisher: BRILL / BRILL
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Subjects: Hispanic Studies.; Literature and Cultural Studies.;

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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