Families and Friends in Late Roman Cappadocia

"Van Dam's exploration . . . makes for fascinating reading and should provoke fruitful debate."--"Choice"

List of contents

Preface

Introduction

FATHERS AND SONS

1. Adopting a Father: Basil and Basil the Elder

2. "Sigh Like a Lover, Obey Like a Son": Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory the Elder

3. Forgotten Brothers

4. "The Father Was Always the Father"

MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

5. "Hollow Out a Stone": Nonna and Gorgonia

6. Her Mother's Cloak: Emmelia and Macrina

7. Was God the Father Married? Virginity and Social Extinction

FRIENDSHIP

8. "Your Soul in Your Letter": The Emotional Life of Letters

9. Best of Friends: The Friends of Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus

10. Worst of Friends: The Friendship of Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus

Epilogue: A Fourth Cappadocian Father

Abbreviations

Notes

Editions and Translations

1. The Cappadocian Fathers

2. Ancient Authors and Texts

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Raymond Van Dam

Summary

"Van Dam's exploration ... makes for fascinating reading and should provoke fruitful debate."-Choice

Product details

• Authors: Raymond van Dam, Raymond Van Dam
• Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2003
• EAN: 9780812237122
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-3712-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 241 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 507 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity