Explaining the cosmos : creation and cultural interaction in late-antique Gaza / / Michael W. Champion
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| Autore: |
Champion Michael W
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| Titolo: |
Explaining the cosmos : creation and cultural interaction in late-antique Gaza / / Michael W. Champion
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 231.765 |
| Soggetto topico: | Creation - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Gaza Strip Intellectual life |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Late-antique Gaza : teachers, monks and philosophers -- Gazan culture performed and transformed by Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius -- Christian and neoplatonic creations -- Procopius on creation and eternity -- Aeneas and Zacharias on creation and eternity -- Conclusions : creation creating cultures. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Explaining the Cosmos analyzes the writings of three thinkers associated with Gaza: Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius. Together, they offer a case study for the appropriation, adaptation, and transformation of classical philosophy in late antiquity, and for cultural transitions more generally in Gaza. Aeneas claimed that the ""Academy and Lyceum"" had been transferred to Gaza. This book asks what the cultural and intellectual characteristics of the Gazan ""Academies"" were, and how members of the schools mixed with local cultures of Christians, philosophers, rhetoricians and monks from the local |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Explaining the cosmos |
| ISBN: | 0-19-933749-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996198780703316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity