The development of the idea of history in antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / Gerald A. Press

• Autore: Press Gerald A (Gerald Alan), <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Kingston, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1982
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 179 p. ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 901
• Soggetto topico: History - Philosophy; History, Ancient - Historiography
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- History as Inquiry in the Hellenic Age -- History as a Literary Genre: The Hellenistic Age -- The Early Roman Empire: History as Story and the Rhetorical Use of History by the Early Christians -- The Distinction between Sacred and Profane History in Late Antiquity -- Conclusion: The Development of the Idea of History and the Cultural Ferment of Late Antiquity -- Appendix: Bibliography of Works on the Accepted View of the Idea of History in Antiquity -- Index Locorum -- Index Indicum -- Index of Names and Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: An extensive scholarly literature, written in the past century holds that in ancient Greek and Roman thought history is understood as circular and repetitive - a consequence of their anti-temporal metaphysics - in contrast with Judaeo-Christian thought, which sees history as linear and unique - a consequence of their messianic and hence radically temporal theology. Gerald Press presents a more general view - that the Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian cultures were fundamentally alien and opposed cultural forces and that, therefore, Christianity's victory over paganism included the replacement or supersession of one intellectual world by another - and then shows that, contrary to this view, there was substantial continuity between "pagan" and Christian ideas of history in antiquity, rather than a striking opposition between cyclic and linear patterns. He finds that the foundation of the Christian view of history as goal-directed lies in the rhetorical rather than the theological motives of early Christian writers.
• Titolo autorizzato: The development of the idea of history in antiquity
• ISBN: 1-282-85640-5; 9786612856402; 0-7735-6397-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782063903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 2.