Die Macht Der Weisheit: Das Bild Des Bischofs in Der Vita Augustini Des Possidius Und Anderen Spataniken Und Fruhmittelalterlichen Bischofsviten (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)

Die Macht Der Weisheit: Das Bild Des Bischofs in Der Vita Augustini Des Possidius Und Anderen Spataniken Und Fruhmittelalterlichen Bischofsviten (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)

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The Vita Augustini of Possidius has long stood in the shadow of the Confessions, in comparison to which it was considered the unremarkable work of a mediocre author. Only in the last decade have scholars begun to appreciate its value as an historical and hagiographical text. The present study extends the lines of reappraisal by making the entire literary genre 'the episcopal biography' the subject of its investigation. It offers detailed analysis of the episcopal biography from late antiquity through the ninth century, together with its most important model, the hellenistic 'Lives' of philosophers. Thus the author achieves not only a scholarly reassessment of the Vita Augustini, but a reevaluation of one of the most important literary subgenres of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Die Macht Der Weisheit: Das Bild Des Bischofs in Der Vita Augustini Des Possidius Und Anderen Spataniken Und Fruhmittelalterlichen Bischofsviten (Studies in the History of Christian Thought),Eva Elm,Brill Academic Publishers,9004128816,Architecture,Interior Design - General,Literary Criticism,Medieval,Philosophy Of Religion,Religion,History of ideas, intellectual history,History of religion,Literary studies: general

Book Contents:

1. Divine Power and Possibility in St. Peter Damian's De Divina Omnipotentia (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
2. Early Indian Terracottas (Iconography of Religions Section X North America)
3. Educational Strategies Among Muslims in the Context of Globalization: Some National Case Studies (Muslim Minorities, V. 3)
4. Elusions of Control: Biblical Law on the Words of Women (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)
5. Enriching The Sociological Imagination: How Radical Sociology Changed The Discipline (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, V. 1)
6. Exporting the Catholic Reformation: Local Religion in Early-Colonial Mexico (Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions-Medieval and Early Modern Peoples, No 2)
7. Fifteenth-Century Carthusian Reform: The World of Nicholas Kempf (Studies in the History of Christian Thought, Vol 49)
8. Finnish Modern Design : Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-97
9. Flowers and Leaves
10. Frederik II and the Protestant Cause: Denmark's Role in the Wars of Religion, 1559-1596 (The Northern World, V. 10)

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