Porphyry in fragments : reception of an anti-Christian text in late Antiquity /

The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd c. A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of...

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Main Author: Magny, Ariane, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]
Series:Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquity.
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