| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages) |
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Oxford early Christian studies |
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Oxford early Christian studies.
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| Contents |
Abbreviations; 1 Discourses of Ethnicity and Early Christian Apologetics: An Introduction; 2 The Language of Ethnicity; 3 Relocating Greekness: The Narrative of Greek Descent; 4 Rewriting Hebrew History: The Descent of the Ancient Hebrews; 5 Greek Descent Revisited; 6 Rome Among the Nations: Eusebius' Praeparatio and the Unmaking of Greek Political Theology; 7 The Church as Apologetic: Eusebius' Legitimation of Christianity; Appendix 1: The Structure of the Praeparatio; Appendix 2: The Concept of Progress in Eusebius; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Eusebius' 'Praeparatio Evangelica' offers an apologetic defence of Christianity in the face of Greek accusations of irrationality and impiety. This work seeks to appreciate Eusebius' contribution to the discourses of Christian identity by investigating the constructions of ethnic identity at the heart of his work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-258) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
880-01 Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. De evangelica praeparatione.
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| SUBJECT |
880-01/(S Eusγ̐ưebe, de Cγ̐ưesarγ̐ưee, approximately 260-approximately 340. Prγ̐ưeparation γ̐ưevangγ̐ưelique |
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De evangelica praeparatione (Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea) fast |
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880-02 Apologetics.
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880-02/(S Ethnicitγ̐ưe -- Enseignement biblique |
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Ethnology in the Bible.
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Ethnicity -- Biblical teaching
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Apologetics.
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Apologetics
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Ethnicity -- Biblical teaching
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Ethnology in the Bible
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191537868 |
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0191537861 |
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1435622952 |
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9781435622951 |
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1280845244 |
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9781280845246 |
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9786610845248 |
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6610845247 |
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