EUR  â¬172.80EUR  â¬144.00 excl. VAT
Barbarian or Greek?
The Charge of Barbarism and Early Christian Apologetics
Series: - Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Volume: 187
Author:
In her book Barbarian or Greek?: The Charge of Barbarism and Early Christian Apologetics, Stamenka Antonova examines different aspects of the charge of barbarism in the Greek and Latin Christian apologetic texts (2-4th centuries) and the various responses to it by the early Christians. The author demonstrates that the charge of barbarism encompasses a broad range of meanings, such as low social class, inadequate education, immorality, criminal activity, political treason, as well as foreign ethnicity and language. In addition to contextualizing the charge of barbarism in ancient rhetorical practices, the author also applies literary criticism and post-colonial theory to shed light on the concept of the barbarian as an ideological-rhetorical tool for othering, marginalization and persecution in the Roman Empire.
Stamenka Antonova received her Ph.D. in Religion at Columbia University specializing in Early Christianity. She has published a number of articles in her field and has also edited the volume Women in the Eastern Christian Tradition (New York: Theotokos, 2013).
Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Prologue 2 Ancient Rhetoric and the Charge of Barbarism âA The Charge of Barbarism and Early Christian Apologetics âB Ancient Rhetorical Practices and Christian Apologetic Literature âC Methodological Approaches and Theoretical Considerations: Postcolonial Theory and Literary Constructions of âSelfâ and âOtherâ 3 Conceptualizations and Representations of the âBarbarianâ in Greco-Roman Literature âA Roman Literature and the Notion of the âBarbarianâ: Caesar, Cicero, Tacitus, and Seneca âB Greek Literature and the Concept of the âBarbarianâ: Aristides, Dios Chrysostom, and Philostratus âC Excursus: Lucian of Samotasa and the Self-defintion of the âBarbarianâ 4 The Charge of Barbarism and Greek Christian Apologetic âA Justin Martyr and the Charge of Barbarism âB Tatian and the Charge of Barbarism âC Clement of Alexandria and the Charge of Barbarism âD Origen of Alexandria and the Charge of Barbarism âE Origen of Alexandria: The Charge of Barbarism and Ethnic Slander âF Eusebius of Caesarea and the Charge of Barbarism 5 The Charge of Barbarism and Latin Christian Apologetic âA Tertullian and the Charge of Barbarism âB Arnobius of Sicca and the Charge of Barbarism âC Lactantius and the Charge of Barbarism 6 Epilogue Bibliography Index
All interested in the history of early Christianity and the late Roman Empire, as well as the social and rhetorical dynamic of religious opposition and marginalization