The Christianization of knowledge in late antiquity : intellectual and material transformations / Mark Letteney, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: xvi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781009363389
- 1009363387
- 9781009363358
- 1009363352
- Learning and scholarship -- Rome -- History
- Learning and scholarship -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Intellectual life -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Religion and state -- Rome
- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- Rome -- Civilization -- Christian influences
- Rome (Italy) -- Intellectual life
- 937/.06 23/eng/20230427
- DG78 .L46 2023
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Printed Books | Accademia di Danimarca Biblioteca | ANRo3 Lett 01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | ACDAN23120970 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Christianizing knowledge or, a beginning of late antiquity -- A history of Christian fact finding -- A methodological revolution in fourth century theology -- A new order of books in the Theodosian age -- New bookforms -- New texts -- Christian tools in traditionalist texts -- New meanings.
"Bringing together ancient scholarly works and the manuscripts which carry them, this study presents a new way to answer the old question "What does it mean for Rome to become Christian?". It demonstrates that imperial Christianity changed not just what people believe, but how people think"--
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