TY - BOOK ID - 101637770 TI - Philosophy at the Festival: The Festal Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus and the Classical Tradition PY - 2022 SN - 9789004521391 9789004521407 9004521402 9004521399 PB - Leiden-Boston: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Christian philosophy KW - Fasts and feasts KW - Philosophy, Ancient KW - Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek. KW - Eastern churches KW - Influence. KW - Gregory, KW - Biblical Studies KW - Byzantine Studies KW - Classical Studies KW - Early Church & Patristics KW - Greek & Latin Literature KW - History KW - Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek KW - Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint KW - Greek orations KW - Greek speeches KW - Byzantine studies KW - Gregory KW - Gregorius Nazianzenus KW - Gregor von Nazianz KW - Gregorius van Nazianze KW - Grégoire de Nazianze KW - Bogoslov, Grigoriĭ, KW - Bogoslov, Grigorije KW - Grégoire, KW - Gregor, KW - Gregorio, KW - Gregorio Nazianzeno, KW - Grēgorios, KW - Gregorios, KW - Gregorius, KW - Gregorius Nazianzenus, KW - Gregory Nazianzen, KW - Grigol, KW - Grigorie, KW - Grigoriĭ, KW - Grigoriĭ Bogoslov, KW - Ighrīghūriyūs, KW - Nazianz, Gregor von, KW - Nazianzen, Grigoriĭ, KW - Nazianzenus, Gregorius, KW - Nazianzus, Gregory of, KW - Sfântul Grigorie, KW - Богослов, Григорий, KW - Григорий, KW - Григорий Богослов, KW - Γρηγόριος, KW - Gregory, - of Nazianzus, Saint KW - Biblical Studies. KW - Byzantine Studies. KW - Classical Studies. KW - Early Church & Patristics. KW - Greek & Latin Literature. KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101637770 AB - Gregory's festal orations are foundational for Byzantine literature. This book shows how besides his priestly role, Gregory plays that of a rhetor performing philosophy for a festival audience, channeling traditions of Classical philosophy and the Second Sophistic into Christian culture. 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 Christmas and Pentecost belong to a Classical tradition that privileged the performance of philosophy at festivals. Widely copied and translated, they were instrumental in Gregory becoming one of the most popular and influential authors in Byzantium. This book shows how his orations represent a crucial point in the Late Antique reception of Platonism, rhetorical theory, and ancient festival culture. ER -