David M. Olster
Roman Defeat, Christian Response, and the Literary Construction of the Jew
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Dettagli prodotto
- Casa editrice
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Pubblicato
- 2015
- Lingua
- English
- Pagine
- 224
- Info
- 224 Pagine
- ISBN
- 978-1-5128-0955-8
Hauptbeschreibung
Olster explores Byzantine Christian reactions to the catastrophic Persian and Arab invasions, challenging long-held assumptions that divided "religious" from "secular" literature and exempted religion from contemporary social, political, and intellectual discourse.
Informazioni sull'autore
David M. Olster is Professor of History at the University of Kentucky.