Nemesius of Emesa on Human Nature - A Cosmopolitan Anthropology From Roman Syria

David Lloyd Dusenbury provides the first monograph in English on the first Christian anthropology--a text which influenced ideas about human nature in the Byzantine and Islamicate worlds, and in Europe, well into the early modern period.

List of contents

• Author's Note


• Note on Citations


• Prologue: Cosmopolitan Anthropology of Late Antiquity


• 1: Ideas for a Reconstruction


• 2: The World City: On Human Nature 1


• 3: The Union of Substances: On Human Nature 2-5


• 4: The Organization of Powers: On Human Nature 6-28


• 5: The Logic of Law: On Human Nature 29-43


• Epilogue: The Legacy of an Early Christian Anthropology


• Titles of Ancient Works


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

David Lloyd Dusenbury is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Summary

David Lloyd Dusenbury provides the first monograph in English on the first Christian anthropology--a text which influenced ideas about human nature in the Byzantine and Islamicate worlds, and in Europe, well into the early modern period.

Additional text

Dusenbury's refreshing reconstruction has certainly opened a new avenue to the philosophical interpretation and historical contextualization of Nemesius' work.

Product details

• Authors: David Lloyd Dusenbury, David Lloyd (Hebrew University of Jerus Dusenbury, David Lloyd (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Dusenbury, David Lloyd (Postdoctoral Rese Dusenbury, David Lloyd (Postdoctoral Research Fell Dusenbury
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780198856962
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885696-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, RELIGION / Christianity / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500