Jerusalem and Athens
Cultural Transformation in Late Antiquity
E.A. Judge's third collection of essays moves on from Rome and the New Testament to the interaction of the classical and biblical traditions, to the cultural transformation of late antiquity, and to the contested heritage of Athens and Jerusalem in the modern West. A lifelong interest in Rome bridges this range. Christianity emerges as essentially a movement of ideas, opposed at first to the cultic practice of ancient religion which had been meant to secure the existing order of things. The new message with its demanding morality laid the foundations for our radically different sense of 'religion' as the quest for the ideal life.The 'Judge me…
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Weitere Autoren: Nobbs, Alanna (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-16-150572-0
- EAN: 9783161505720
- Produktnummer: 16900051
- Verlag: Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. K
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B16.5 cm x D3.0 cm 675 g
- Gewicht: 675
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Born 1928; Emeritus Professor of History at Macquarie University.
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