Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity - Intellectual and Material Transformations

"Bringing together ancient scholarly works and the manuscripts which carry them, this study presents a new way to answer the old question "What does it mean for Rome to become Christian?". It demonstrates that imperial Christianity changed not just what people believe, but how people think"--

List of contents

1. Christianizing knowledge, or beginning of Late Antiquity; Part I. New readers: 2. A history of Christian fact finding; 3. A methodological revolution in fourth-century theology; 4. A new order of books in the Theodosian age; Part II. New texts: 5. New bookforms; 6. New texts; 7. Christian tools in traditionalist texts; 8. New meanings.

About the author

Mark Letteney holds a PhD from Princeton University and is a fellow of both the American Academy in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He is co-author, with Matthew D. C. Larsen, of Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration (University of California Press, forthcoming 2024).

Product details

• Authors: Mark Letteney, Mark (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Letteney, Mark (University of Washington) Letteney
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781009363389
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936338-9
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Social History, History of Religion, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE