Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penn State University PressISBN-13:9780271034256ISBN-10:271034254UPC:9780271034256Book Category:Philosophy, History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Ancient, Antiquities & ArchaeologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCP2BNRM5D
Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World
Much attention has been devoted in recent years to Christian asceticism in Late Antiquity. But Christianity did not introduce asceticism to the ancient world. An underlying theme of this fascinating study of pagan asceticism is that much of the work on Christian "holy men" has ignored earlier manifestations of asceticism in Antiquity and the way Roman society confronted it. Accordingly, James...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penn State University PressISBN-13:9780271034256ISBN-10:271034254UPC:9780271034256Book Category:Philosophy, History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Ancient, Antiquities & ArchaeologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCP2BNRM5D
James A. Francis is Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at Rollins College.
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