Against the Christians: the rise of early anti-Christian polemic
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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 in 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.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Celsus
Hargis
Jeffrey W.
Julian
Porphyry - Language
- English
- Series
- Patristic studies 1
- ISBN
- 9781453910115
- Release date
- 2001
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