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1 online resource (306 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Greek culture in the Roman world
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Greek culture in the Roman world.
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Cover; THE SOCIAL WORLD OF INTELLECTUALS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE; GREEK CULTURE IN THE ROMAN WORLD; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on abbreviations; Introduction: "Who are you?" The social formation of identity; TWO ENCOUNTERS; CHRISTIANS IN THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; LIMITS OF THE STUDY; OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 1 Inclusion and identity; "STAY AWAY FROM MY LECTURES": ACCOMMODATIONS AND BOUNDARIES; ACCESSIBILITY AND THE IMPOSTOR PROBLEM; ATTENDANCE AND INSIDER STATUS; WOLVES IN THE SHEEPFOLD; "WE SHARE COMMUNION WITH NONE OF THEM." |
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THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF EXCLUSIVITYCONCLUSION; CHAPTER 2 Contesting competence: The ideal of self-determination; INTRODUCTION; IDIOTAI IN THE REALM OF THE PEPAIDEUMENOS; THE PROBLEM OF PATRONAGE; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3 Expertise and authority in the early church; ORDINATION AND AUTHORITY; SIMPLICIORES AND IDIOTAI IN CHRISTIAN IDENTITY FORMATION; PATRONS AS ARBITERS OF "ORTHODOXY"; CONCLUSION: CLERICAL EXPERTISE AND ITS DISCONTENTS; CHAPTER 4 Defining the circle of sophists: Philostratus and the construction of the Second Sophistic; INTRODUCTION; HOW TO BE A PHILOSTRATEAN SOPHIST. |
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OTHER SOPHISTS, OTHER CIRCLESCONCLUSION: SOPHISTS AND THE DISCOURSE OF CANONICITY; CHAPTER 5 Becoming orthodox: Heresiology as self-fashioning; INTRODUCTION; CONNECTIONS AND CREDENTIALS; MEMORY AND AUTHORIZATION; READING AFFINITY FROM AFFILIATION; DISCOUNTING DISSENTERS: HERESIOLOGISTS AS THE VOICE OF INSIDER CONSENSUS; THE LIMITS OF ORTHOCRACY; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 6 Successions and self-definition; INTRODUCTION; SUCCESSIONS IN THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; AUTHORIZING THE AUTHOR: QUINTILIAN; SUCCESSION AS ACCREDITATION: POMPONIUS; LOCATING THE COMMUNITY I: PHILOSOPHY AND HELLENISM. |
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LOCATING THE COMMUNITY II: PHILOSOPHY AS A SUBSIDIARY OF CHRISTIANITYDEFINING THE COMMUNITY: GENEALOGY AS BRANDING; CONTINUITY, DEVIANCE, AND DISRUPTION; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 7 "From such mothers and fathers": Succession narratives in early Christian discourse; INTRODUCTION; HERETICAL SUCCESSIONS; Sons of Simon: Justin and Irenaeus; From the seven heresies: Hegesippus; Heresy as world-historical phenomenon: Hippolytus; SUCCESSIONS OF PROPHETS AND MARTYRS; "DIRECT FROM THE HOLY APOSTLES"; BISHOPS AS APOSTOLICI; CONCLUSION; Conclusion; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Examines the role of social networks in defining the identity of sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Social networks -- Rome.
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Social structure -- Rome.
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Group identity -- Rome.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) -- History -- To 1500.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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History. |
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To 1500 |
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Rome -- Intellectual life.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Intellectual life. |
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Sophists (Greek philosophy)
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Sophists (Greek philosophy) |
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Second Sophistic movement.
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Second Sophistic movement. |
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Philosophers -- Rome.
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Christians -- Rome.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eshleman, Kendra, 1973- Social world of intellectuals in the Roman Empire. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107026384 (DLC) 2012018821 (OCoLC)794176357 |
| ISBN |
9781139840378 (electronic book) |
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1139840371 (electronic book) |
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9781139207300 (electronic book) |
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113920730X (electronic book) |
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9781139845113 (e-book) |
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113984511X (e-book) |
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9781139842754 |
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1139842757 |
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9781107026384 |
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1107026385 |
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