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The idea of heaven held a special place in the late antique imagination, which was marked by a poignant sense of the relevance of otherworldly realities for earthly life. Such concerns can be found not only in Judaism and Christianity but also in the Greco-Roman religious, philosophical, scientific, and 'magical' traditions. Transcending social, regional and creedal boundaries, the preocupation with heaven in Late Antiquity serves as a focus for an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this formative era in Western culture and history. Drawing upon the expertise of scholars of Classics, Ancient History, Jewish Studies and Patristics, this volume explores the different functions of heavenly imagery in different texts and traditions in order to map the patterns of unity and diversity within the religious landscape of Late Antiquity.

Heaven --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Judaism --- History of doctrines. --- Rome --- Greece --- Religion. --- -Heaven --- -236.6 --- Future life --- -History of doctrines --- -History of doctrines. --- Hemel. Paradijs. Uitverkorenen. Triomferende Kerk --- 236.6 Hemel. Paradijs. Uitverkorenen. Triomferende Kerk --- 236.6 --- Judaism&delete& --- Comparative studies --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- Religion --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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#GGSB: Patrologie (alg.) --- #GGSB: Exegese --- 276 <035> --- Patrologie. Patristiek--Grote handboeken. Compendia --- Fathers of the church. --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- History --- Church fathers --- Fathers of the church --- Kerkvaders --- Patristic philosophy --- Patristics --- Patristiek --- Patristique --- Patrologie --- Patrology --- Philosophy [Patristic ] --- Pères de l'Eglise --- Pères de l'Eglise --- Philosophy, Patristic --- Christians --- Biblia --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- RELIGION --- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General --- Exegese --- Patrologie (alg.)

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This book is about the communicative purpose and the audience of the Confessions . It illuminates the degree to which the communicative purpose of the work is to convert its readers, id est a protreptic purpose, and the degree to which the target audience may be identified as Augustine's potential Manichaean readers. A brief survey of possible literary antecedents points to the existence of other works that consist of the same combination of an autobiographical section (a conversion story) with a polemical and exegetical section (an argument that aims to convince the reader of the merits of a specific point of view) that characterizes the Confessions . The book provides a new perspective on the meaning and structure of Augustine's often misunderstood masterpiece.

Didactic literature, Latin --- Manichaeism --- Apologetics --- History and criticism. --- Controversial literature --- History --- Augustine, --- 276 =71 AUGUSTINUS --- Latijnse patrologie--AUGUSTINUS --- Latin didactic literature --- Latin literature --- Dualism (Religion) --- Philosophy, Ancient --- History and criticism --- Controversial literature&delete& --- Christianity --- Augustine --- Didactic literature [Latin ] --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- Didactic literature, Latin - History and criticism. --- Manichaeism - Controversial literature - History and criticism. --- Apologetics - History - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Augustine, - Saint, Bishop of Hippo. - Confessiones.

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Saint Jérôme souffre parfois du voisinage trop éclatant de son illustre contemporain Augustin. Qu’il s’essaie dans le genre historique avec la Chronique et aussitôt s’élève le choeur des voix qui lui préfèrent l’ampleur et la portée théologique de la Cité de Dieu ! Mais une telle comparaison, qui ne tient compte ni des enjeux ni du contexte spécifiques de chaque œuvre, est forcément réductrice et conduit inévitablement à des classements arbitraires et spécieux. L’œuvre historique d’Augustin, composée après 410, aurait été différente si Jérôme ne s’était pas mis en tête, vers 380, de faire connaître au monde latin l’historiographie chrétienne grecque et de traduire la Chronique d’Eusèbe de Césarée. Sa contribution ne se limite d’ailleurs pas à une simple traduction puisqu’il a lui-même composé, pour les années 326-378, un prolongement à cette chronique. C’est cette continuation que le lecteur trouvera ici. Les figures de l’empereur Constantin et de ses fils y côtoient celles, toutes nimbées de sainteté, de moines et d’évêques dont l’idéal ascétique et la doctrine ne sont pas toujours du goût du pouvoir temporel ; on y assiste aux derniers soubresauts de la réaction païenne avec le passage fugitif de Julien, le fameux « apostat », aux commandes de l’Empire ; on y voit les barbares d’Occident et d’Orient tenir tête à la puissance romaine tandis que l’Église, en proie aux âpres disputes des partisans et adversaires d’Arius, connaît une grave crise d’adolescence. Et sur tout cela s’abat parfois avec fracas une averse de grêle meurtrière ou le malheur d’un tremblement de terre dévastateur. Dans le style concis caractéristique des chroniques, Jérôme nous fournit ici un abrégé de l’histoire de son temps dans lequel l’historien d’aujourd’hui pourra glaner des informations précieuses pour la compréhension et la connaissance du IVe siècle.

Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Jerome, --- Gerolamo, --- Gérome, --- Gerónimo, --- Girolamo, --- Heronimos, --- Hieronim, --- Hieronymus, Eusebius, --- Hieronymus, --- Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius, --- Hieronymus, Stridonensis, --- Ieronim, Stridonskiĭ, --- Iheronimus, --- Jerónimo, --- Jerōnimos, --- Church history --- Christian literature, Early --- Eglise --- Littérature chrétienne primitive --- Sources --- Latin authors --- History and criticism --- Histoire --- Auteurs latins --- Histoire et critique --- Eusebius, --- Jerome --- Congresses --- Eusebius of Caesarea --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- Christian literature [Early ] --- Jeronimi, --- historiographie --- biographie --- biographies chrétiennes --- histoire des religions --- chronique (syle littéraire)

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This book investigates the problem of esoteric traditions in early Christianity, their origin and their transformation in Patristic hermeneutics, in the West as well as in the East. It argues that these traditions eventually formed the basis of nascent Christian mysticism in Late Antiquity. These esoteric traditions do not reflect the influence of Greek Mystery religions, as has often been claimed, but rather seem to stem from the Jewish background of Christianity. They were adopted by various Gnostic teachings, a fact which helps explaining their eventual disappearance from Patristic literature. The eleven chapters study each a different aspect of the problem, including the questions of Gnostic and Manichaean esotericism. This book will be of interest to all students of religious history in Late Antiquity. Revised and extended paperback edition. Originally published in 1996. Please click here for details.

Occultism --- Discipline of the secret. --- Mysticism --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- History --- Discipline of the secret --- Arcane chrétien --- Mysticisme --- Occultisme --- Histoire --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- History. --- Church history --- Disciplina arcani --- Secret, Discipline of the --- Church discipline --- Secrecy --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Art, Black (Magic) --- Arts, Black (Magic) --- Black art (Magic) --- Black arts (Magic) --- Occult, The --- Occult sciences --- Supernatural --- New Age movement --- Parapsychology --- esoteric traditions --- Christian mysticism --- early Christianity --- patristic hermeneutics --- Late Antiquity --- Greek mystery religions --- Judaism --- gnosticism --- Manichean esotericism --- religious history