Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evangelica
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 12 October 2006
- ISBN 9780199296132
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 224x147x20 mm
- Weight 471 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Eusebius' magisterial Praeparatio Evangelica offers a defence of Christianity in the face of Greek accusations of irrationality and impiety. Aaron P. Johnson seeks to appreciate Eusebius' contribution to the discourses of Christian identity by investigating the constructions of ethnic identity at the heart of his work.
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Eusebius' magisterial Praeparatio Evangelica (written sometime between AD 313 and 324) offers an apologetic defence of Christianity in the face of Greek accusations of irrationality and impiety. Though brimming with the quotations of other (often lost) Greek authors, the work is dominated by a clear and sustained argument. Against the tendency to see the Praeparatio as merely an anthology of other sources or a defence of monotheistic religion against paganism, Aaron P. Johnson seeks to appreciate Eusebius' contribution to the discourses of Christian identity by investigating the constructions of ethnic identity (especially Greek) at the heart of his work. Analysis of his `ethnic argumentation' exhibits a method of defending Christianity by construing its opponents as historically rooted nations, whose place in the narrative of world history serves to undermine the legitimacy of their claims to ancient wisdom and piety.
[Johnson's] book easily establishes a strong claim to be regarded as the best introduction to Eusebius' massive work now available in any language.
Table of Contents:
Discourses of ethnicity and early Christian apologetics: an introduction
The language of `ethnicity'
Relocating Greekness: the narrative of Greek descent
Rewriting Hebrew history: the descent of the ancient Hebrews
Greek descent revisited
Rome among the nations: Eusebius' Pareparatio and the unmaking of Greek political theology
The Church as apologetic: Eusebius' legitimation of Christianity
