Julian's Gods: Religion and Philosophy in the Thought and Action of Julian the Apostate

ISBN-13: 9780415642767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str.

Rowland B. E. Smith

Opis

Julian's brief reign (360-363 AD) had a profound impact on his contemporaries, as he worked fervently for a pagan restoration in the Roman Empire, which was rapidly becoming Christian. This book focuses on the cultural mentality of 'the last pagan Emperor' by examining a wide variety of his own writings.

Recenzje

'Rowland Smith analyses Julian's intellectual and religious beliefs with a clarity and subtlety that permits him to evade the extremes of recent treatments of the reign' - TLS

'The object of this learned and careful study is to dispose of the rabid infidel, the omnipresent Mithraist, and the enterprising despot who have masqueraded under the name of Julian in ancient and modern writings on this short-lived Emperor' - Journal of Theological Studies Volume 47

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Julian’s Education and Philosophic Ideal; Chapter 3 Philosophy in Practice; Chapter 4 The Chaldaean Oracles and Neoplatonist Theurgy; Chapter 5 The Mysteries I; Chapter 6 The Mysteries II; Chapter 7 The Apostate Against the Christians; Envoi;

O autorze

Rowland Smith