bokomslag The Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity: Volume 2
Filosofi & religion

The Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity: Volume 2

Gerald A Press

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  • 176 sidor
  • 2003
An extensive scholarly literature, written in the past century holds that in ancient Greek and Roman thought history is understood as circular and repetitive - a consequence of their anti-temporal metaphysics - in contrast with Judaeo-Christian thought, which sees history as linear and unique - a consequence of their messianic and hence radically temporal theology. Gerald Press presents a more general view - that the Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian cultures were fundamentally alien and opposed cultural forces and that, therefore, Christianity's victory over paganism included the replacement or supersession of one intellectual world by another - and then shows that, contrary to this view, there was substantial continuity between "pagan" and Christian ideas of history in antiquity, rather than a striking opposition between cyclic and linear patterns. He finds that the foundation of the Christian view of history as goal-directed lies in the rhetorical rather than the theological motives of early Christian writers.
  • Författare: Gerald A Press
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780773510029
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 176
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2003-09-01
  • Förlag: McGill-Queen's University Press