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Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians » (New Edition)

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Authors: Mark J. Edwards (Editor), Price, Susan Goodman
ISBN-13: 9780198269861, ISBN-10: 0198269862
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: August 1999
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Mark J. Edwards

Christ Church, Oxford

Wolfson College, Oxford

Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Queen's College, Oxford

Book Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive survey of the dialogue between pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire up to the time when Constantine declared himself a Christian. Each chapter is written by a distinguished scholar and is devoted to a single text or group of texts with the aim of identifying the probable audience, the literary milieu, and the circumstances that led to this form of writing.

	Note on Contributors
1	Introduction: Apologetics in the Roman World	1
2	The Acts of the Apostles as an Apologetic Text	15
3	Josephus' Treatise Against Apion	45
4	Talking at Trypho: Christian Apologetic as Anti-Judaism in Justin's Dialogue with Trypho the Jew	59
5	Greek Apologists of the Second Century	81
6	Latin Christian Apologetics: Minucius Felix, Tertullian, and Cyprian	105
7	Origen's Treatise Against Celsus	131
8	Defending Hellenism: Philostratus, In Honour of Apollonius	157
9	The Flowering of Latin Apologetic: Lactantius and Arnobius	197
10	Eusebius' Apologetic Writings	223
11	The Constantinian Circle and the Oration to the Saints	251
	Bibliography	277
	Index	299