Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to Retrospection

ISBN-13: 9781108480109 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 490 str.

Markus Vinzent

Opis

Brings a new approach to the interpretation of the sources used to study the Early Christian era – reading history backwards.

Recenzje

'Vinzent's work pushes scholars of early Christianity to reflect more deeply on the philosophical and historiographical methodologies that undergird their historical writings. Such considerations are an ongoing need both for the discipline as a whole and for individual participants within the guild. This book will not be the last word on retrospection as a methodology and on the four retrospective case studies that he includes, but it is an important word on both fronts … historians, philosophers of history, scholars of early Christianity, and the libraries that support such individuals will want to make regular reference to this book.' Jonathon Lookadoo, The Heythrop Journal

Spis treści

1. Methodological introduction; 2. 'Abercius' – pious fraud, now and then?; 3. Hippolytus of Rome – a manifold enigma; 4. Aristides of Athens – apologetics and narratives; 5. Ignatious of Antioch – a mysterious martyr.