Philosophy at the Festival: The Festal Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus and the Classical Tradition /

Philosophy at the Festival: The Festal Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus and the Classical Tradition /

Before serving as Bishop of Constantinople and becoming known to posterity as "the Theologian", Gregory of Nazianzus was an Athens-trained professional teacher of Greek literature. Steeped in the rhetorical culture of the Second Sophistic, his orations for Christian feasts such as Christma...

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Main Author: MacDougall, Byron (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 461.

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Christian Church > History.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.
Theology, Doctrinal.

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Call Number: BR65.G76

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Mediterranean Festival Culture and Imperial Greek Rhetoric
  • Chapter 2 Festival Spectatorship and Philosophical Theoria
  • Chapter 3 The Prooemia of Gregory's Orations and Traditions of Exegesis
  • Chapter 4 Performing Philosophy: Purification, Contemplation, and Assimilation to the Divine
  • Chapter 5 The Rhetor's Art: The Audience as Theoroi
  • Chapter 6 Gregory's Festival Theoria in Byzantium: From Pseudo-Dionysius to Photius
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.