TY - BOOK ID - 3317740 TI - Christianity and Hellenism in the fifth-century Greek east : Theodoret's Apologetics Against the Greeks in Context PY - 2012 VL - 49 SN - 9780674060678 0674060679 PB - Cambridge: Center for Hellenic studies, DB - UniCat KW - Christian literature, Early KW - Apologetics KW - History and criticism KW - History KW - Theodoret, KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - History and criticism. KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - 239.3 KW - 276 =75 THEODORETUS CYRENSIS KW - Apologetica: tegen de heidenen KW - Griekse patrologie--THEODORETUS CYRENSIS KW - 239.3 Apologetica: tegen de heidenen KW - Theodoretus Cyrensis KW - Theodoretus van Cyrus KW - Théodoret de Cyr KW - Theodoret KW - Theodoretus Cyrrhensis KW - Theodorus Cyzicenus KW - Christian literature, Early - History and criticism KW - Apologetics - History - Early church, ca 30-600 KW - Theodoret, - Bishop of Cyrrhus - Criticism and interpretation KW - Theodoret, - Bishop of Cyrrhus UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3317740 AB - This book—the first full-length study of the “last and most beautiful” apology against paganism, Theodoret’s Therapeutic for Hellenic Maladies—combines close readings of the text with detailed analysis of Theodoret’s arguments against Greek religion, philosophy, and culture and the ways in which that Greek influence interacts with other diverse ideas, practices, and developments in the fifth-century Roman empire. The book’s larger underlying themes—the continuing debate between Christianity and Hellenism, and the relationship between classical and Christian literature—offer insights into more general late Roman and early Byzantine religious and cultural attitudes and issues, including the relations between pagan and Christian paideia, the cult of the martyrs, and the role of Christianity in the Roman empire. ER -