Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity - Porphyry of Tyre and the Pagan-Christian Debate

Informationen zum Autor Michael Bland Simmons is Distinguished Research Professor, Department of History, Auburn University Montgomery and Archbishop, the Anglican Church of the Americas. Klappentext A new study of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre Zusammenfassung A new study of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface PART I: PORPHYRY AND THE QUEST FOR A PAGAN COUNTERPART TO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALISM Chapter I Porphyry of Tyre: Life and Historical Contexts Chapter II Contextualizing a Porphyrian Soteriology Chapter III De Philosophia ex oraculis: Soteriological Structure and Contents Chapter IV The Contra Christianos in the Context of Universalism Chapter V Eusebius and Porphyry: The Theophany PART II: THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF UNIVERSALISM Chapter VI The Meaning of Salvation in A Greco-Roman Milieu Chapter VII Philosophia ex oraculis: A Tripartite Universalism Chapter VIII Porphyry and Iamblichus Chapter IX Eschatological Salvation Chapter X Historical Context: Caracalla to Constantine Chapter XI Religious Universalism: Paganism and Christianity Chapter XII Conclusions Appendices I-VIII Notes Bibliography: Secondary Sources Bibliography: Primary Sources Index

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• Authors: Bishop Michael Bland (Distinguished Resea Simmons, Bishop Michael Bland (Distinguished Research Professor Simmons, Michael Bland Simmons
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2015
• EAN: 9780190202392
• ISBN: 978-0-19-020239-2
• No. of pages: 536
• Series: Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient History, Church history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500