Julian and Christianity , livre ebook

192

pages

English

Ebooks

2021

Écrit par
Neal Greenwood David

Publié par
Cornell University Press

Lire un extrait

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne En savoir plus

Découvre YouScribe en t'inscrivant gratuitement

Je m'inscris

Découvre YouScribe en t'inscrivant gratuitement

Je m'inscris

192

pages

English

Ebooks

2021

Lire un extrait

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne En savoir plus

Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 juin 2021

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781501755491

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

9 Mo

The Roman emperor Julian is a figure of ongoing interest and the subject of David Neal Greenwood's Julian and Christianity. This unique examination of Julian as the last pagan emperor and anti-Christian polemicist revolves around his drive and status as a ruler. Greenwood adeptly outlines the dramatic impact of Julian's short-lived regime on the course of history, with a particular emphasis on his relationship with Christianity.Julian has experienced a wide-ranging reception throughout history, shaped by both adulation and vitriol, along with controversies and rumors that question his sanity and passive ruling. His connections to Christianity, however, are rooted in his regime's open hostility, which Greenwood shows is outlined explicitly in Oration 7: To the Cynic Heracleios. Greenwood's close reading of Oration 7 highlights not only Julian's extensive anti-Christian religious program and decided rejection of Christianity but also his brilliant, calculated use of that same religion. As Greenwood emphasizes in Julian and Christianity, these attributes were inextricably tied to Julian's relationship with Christianity-and how he appropriated certain theological elements from the religion for his own religious framework, from texts to deities.Through his nuanced, detailed readings of Julian's writings, Greenwood brings together ancient history, Neoplatonist philosophy, and patristic theology to create an exceptional and thoughtful biography of the great Roman leader. As a result, Julian and Christianity is a deeply immersive look at Julian's life, one that considers his multifaceted rule and the deliberate maneuvers he made on behalf of political ascendancy.

Voir

Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 juin 2021

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781501755491

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

9 Mo

JULïAN AND CHRïSTïANïTY

RE VI SI T I NG T HE CONSTANT I NI ANRE VOLUT I ON

D av i d N e a l G r e e n w o o d

CORNELL UNïVERSïTY PRESS ïthaca and London

A rîghts reserved. Exçept or rîe quotatîons în a revîew, thîs ook, or parts thereo, must not e reproduçed în any orm wîthout permîssîon în wrîtîng rom the puîsher. For înormatîon, address Corne Unîversîty Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, ïthaça, New York 14850. Vîsît our wesîte at çornepress.çorne.edu.

Fîrst puîshed 2021 y Corne Unîversîty Press

Lîrary o Congress Cataogîng-în-Puîçatîon Data

Names: Greenwood, Davîd Nea, 1970– author. Tîte: Juîan and Chrîstîanîty : revîsîtîng the Constantînîan revoutîon / y Davîd Nea Greenwood. Desçrîptîon: ïthaça, [New York] : Corne Unîversîty Press, 2021. | ïnçudes îîographîça reerençes and îndex. ïdentîIers: LCCN 2020052064 (prînt) | LCCN 2020052065 (eook) | ïSBN 9781501755477 (hardçover) | ïSBN 9781501755491 (pd ) | ïSBN 9781501755484 (epu) Sujeçts: LCSH: Juîan, Emperor o Rome, 331–363—Reîgîon. | Churçh hîstory—Prîmîtîve and eary çhurçh, ça. 30–600. | Paganîsm—Rome. | Chrîstîanîty and other reîgîons—Roman. | Reîgîon and state—Rome. | Rome—Reîgîon. | Rome—Hîstory—Juîan, 361–363. CassîIçatîon: LCC DG317 .G74 2021 (prînt) | LCC DG317 (eook) | DDC 270.2—dç23 LC reçord avaîae at https://ççn.oç.gov/2020052064 LC eook reçord avaîae at https://ççn.oç. gov/2020052065

Cover îmage: Detaî romJuîan the Apostate Presîdîn at a Conerence o Sectarîans, paînted y Edward Armîtage, 1875. Courtesy o the Waker Art Gaery, Natîona Museums Lîverpoo.

Thîs book îs or Stacîa

Co n t e n t s

Acknowedmentsîx A Note on Abbrevîatîonsxî

ïntroduçtîon: Openîng o Hostîîtîes Part I. Coopting a Framework 1. The Proem o Constantîus ïï 2. The Proem o Constantîne

Part II. Crafting a Religious Metanarrative 3. Moçkîng the Fase Savîor 4. Cratîng the SavîIç Heraçes 5. Cratîng the SavîIç Asçepîus Part III. Constructing a Legacy to Reﬂect the Narrative 6. Construçtîng the Spatîa Narratîve în Constantînope 7. Creatîng a Roust Reîgîous Struçture 8. Construçtîng the Spatîa Narratîve în Antîoçh and Jerusaem Conçusîon: Endgame

Appendîx: Movements and Key Actîons în the Lîe o Juîan125 Notes129 Works Cîted161 ïndex175

1 19 21 31 41 43 55 75

95 100

105 118

A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s

ï am greaty îndeted to Gavîn Key, Sara Par-vîs, and Gwenaîr Adams, who were patîent and ençouragîng mentors. Too many other mentors and rîends to îst, ar more than ï deserved, have învested o themseves în my îe over the ast deçade. Whîe ï îke to thînk that prevîous artîçes have een thoroughy întegrated and expanded upon, ï have reused my prevîous transatîons, and some may reçognîze materîa rom “Cratîng Dîvîne Personae în Juîan’s Oratîon 7,”Cas-sîca Phîooy 109 (2014): 140–49, and “A Pagan Emperor’s Approprîatîon o Matthew’s Gospe,”The Exposîtory Tîmes125 (2014): 593–98 (çhapter 4); “Por-phyry’s ïnluençe upon Juîan: Apotheosîs and Dîvînîty,”Ancîent Phîosophy38 (2018): 421–34, and “Juîan’s Use o Asçepîus agaînst the Chrîstîans,”Harvard Studîes în Cassîca Phîooy109 (2018): 491–509 (çhapter 5); and “Constantînîan ïnluençe upon Juîan’s Pagan Churçh,”Journa o Eccesîastîca Hîstory68 (2017): 1–21 (çhapter 7).

i x

Voir