J. M. F. Heath

Clement of Alexandria and the Shaping of Christian Literary Practice (eBook, PDF)

Miscellany and the Transformation of Greco-Roman Writing

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Produktbeschreibung

An interdisciplinary study of Clement of Alexandria''s Christian reception of the Classical miscellany genre, in comparison with Roman authors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108911849
• Artikelnr.: 70914470

Autorenporträt

J. M. F. Heath is Associate Professor of Theology and Religion at Durham University. She is the author of Paul's Visual Piety: The Metamorphosis of the Beholder (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. A Christian among Roman Miscellanists
1. Clement's Miscellanism and the Scholarly Trope of Christian Difference
2. Studying Ancient Miscellanism: Defining Features, Scope, and Method
3. Early Imperial Miscellany-Making: Clement's Social and Institutional Contexts
4. Self-Introductions and Clement's Miscellanistic Vocation
5. Miscellany Titles and Clement's Divine Paratexts
6. The Miscellanists' Trope of Deselecting Titles and Clement's Conversion of Imagery
7. Muses in the Miscellanists' Frame
8. Clement's Theology of Hiddenness and the Logic of Christian Miscellanism
9. Mystery Initiation and Clement's Literary Paideia: The Making of a Christian Miscellanist
10. Poikilia: Theological Interpretation of a Miscellanistic Aesthetic
Conclusion.