Alexander the Great in the Early Christian Tradition

Classical Reception and Patristic Literature

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Christian Thrue Djurslev

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35202435

EAN: 9781350194465

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Beschreibung

What has Alexander the Great to do with Jesus Christ. Or the legendary king's conquest of the Persian Empire (335-23 BCE) to do with the prophecies of the Old Testament. In many ways, the early Christian writings on Alexander and his legacy provide a lens through which it is possible to view the shaping of the literature and thought of the early church in the Greek East and the Latin West. This book articulates that fascinating discourse for the first time by focusing on the early Christian use of Alexander. Delving into an impressively deep pool of patristic literature written between 130-313 CE, Christian Thrue Djurslev offers original interpretations of various important authors, from the learned lawyer Tertullian to the 'Christian Cicero' Lactantius, and from the apologist Tatian to the first church historian Eusebius. He demonstrates that the early Christian adaptations of the Alexandrian myths created a new tradition that has continued to develop and expand ever since. This innovative work of reception studies is important reading for all scholars of Alexander the Great and early church history.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Christian Thrue Djurslev

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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