In the Image of Origen
"Satran’s book is laudable for its important contribution to studies of late antique education and rhetoric, to scholarship on Origen and Gregory and, one would like to hope, to contemporary discussions on the nature of education and the vital role of teachers as intellectual and moral guides to a truly liberating way of life."
Journal of Ecclesiastical History
The most prominent Christian theologian and exegete of the third century, Origen was also an influential teacher. In the famed Thanksgiving Address, one of his students-often thought to be Gregory Thaumaturgus, later bishop of Cappadocia-delivered an emotionally charged account of his tutelage in Roman Palestine. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of California Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 248
- ISBN
- 9780520291232
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
"Satran’s book is laudable for its important contribution to studies of late antique education and rhetoric, to scholarship on Origen and Gregory and, one would like to hope, to contemporary discussions on the nature of education and the vital role of teachers as intellectual and moral guides to a truly liberating way of life."
Journal of Ecclesiastical History
"[L]ocates [value] in contemporary Origen literature as a helpful resource for those who want to delve deeper into a learned, loving ancient tribute . . ."
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