Vladimir Kharlamov

The Authorship of the Pseudo-Dionysian Corpus (eBook, ePUB)

A Deliberate Forgery or Clever Literary Ploy?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This monograph revisits one of the most debated aspects of Dionysian scholarship: the enigma of its authorship. The legitimacy of the attribution of the corpus to Dionysius the Areopagite should be seen as a masterfully managed literary device, which better indicates the initial intention of the actual author.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000762563
• Artikelnr.: 58061158

Autorenporträt

Vladimir Kharlamov gained his PhD in Theological and Religious Studies at Drew University, US. His research in Pseudo-Dionysius and deification is closely connected with issues of interrelationship and dialogue between the emerging Christian Roman-Byzantine identity and the society of Late Antiquity at large.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter 1: Attempts to Justify Pseudonymous Affiliation; Chapter 2: Known and Conventionally Accepted Facets of the CD in Relation to Its Authorship; Chapter 3: How Serious Was the Author of the CD About the First-Century Environment?; Chapter 4: The Dionysian Society; Chapter 5: The Metaphorical Symbolism of the Attribution; Conclusion