Universal salvation in late antiquity Porphyry of Tyre and the Pagan-Christian debate

This study offers an in-depth examination of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre, whose significance for late antique thought is immense. Porphyry's concept of salvation is important for an understanding of those cataclysmic fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Simmons, Michael Bland (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press cop. 2015
Colección:Oxford studies in late antiquity
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Porphyry of Tyre : life & historical contexts
  • Contextualizing a Porphyrian soteriology
  • De philosophia ex oraculis : soteriological structure and contents
  • The contra Christianos in the context of universalism
  • Eusebius and Porphyry : the theophany
  • The historical and cultural context of universalism
  • The meaning of salvation in a Greco-Roman milieu
  • Philosophia ex oraculis : a tripartite universalism
  • Porphyry & Iamblichus
  • Eschatological salvation
  • Historical context : Caracalla to Constantine
  • Religious universalism : paganism and Christianity
  • Conclusions.