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Religion and identity in Porphyry of Tyre : the limits of Hellenism in late antiquity
- Title
- Religion and identity in Porphyry of Tyre : the limits of Hellenism in late antiquity / Aaron P. Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, Aaron P.
- Publication
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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- Description
- ix, 374 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Porphyry, a native of Phoenicia educated in Athens and Rome during the third century AD, was one of the most important Platonic philosophers of his age. In this book, Professor Johnson rejects the prevailing modern approach to his thought, which has posited an early stage dominated by 'Oriental' superstition and irrationality followed by a second rationalizing or Hellenizing phase consequent upon his move west and exposure to Neoplatonism. Based on a careful treatment of all the relevant remains of Porphyry's originally vast corpus (much of which now survives only in fragments), he argues for a complex unity of thought in terms of philosophical translation. The book explores this philosopher's critical engagement with the processes of Hellenism in late antiquity. It provides the first comprehensive examination of all the strands of Porphyry's thought that lie at the intersection of religion, theology, ethnicity and culture"--
- Series Statement
- Greek culture in the Roman world
- Uniform Title
- Greek culture in the Roman world.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. At the limits of Hellenism: an introduction; Part I. A World Full of Gods: Porphyry the Theologian: 2. Porphyry's taxonomy of the divine; 3. Salvation, translation, and the limits of cult; 4. The master reader: contexts of translation; Part II. A World Full of Nations: Porphyry the Ethnographer: 5. Knowledge and nations: Porphyry's ethnic argumentation; 6. Ethnic particularism and the limits of Hellenism; 7. The way home: transcending particularism; Epilogue: translation after Porphyry.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-3936
- ISBN
- 9781107012738
- 1107012732
- LCCN
- 2012035050
- OCLC
- YBP 2012035050
- Author
- Johnson, Aaron P.
- Title
- Religion and identity in Porphyry of Tyre : the limits of Hellenism in late antiquity / Aaron P. Johnson.
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Greek culture in the Roman worldGreek culture in the Roman world.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-3936