Biblical heroes and classical culture in Christian late antiquity : the historiography, exemplarity, and anti-Judaism of Pseudo-Hegesippus /
The first English-language monograph on a significant yet often-neglected Latin Christian history from late antiquity (4th century CE), this book introduces a little-known text and shows how Classical culture and Bible heroes helped Christians conceptualize Jewish history in late antiquity.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Summary: | The first English-language monograph on a significant yet often-neglected Latin Christian history from late antiquity (4th century CE), this book introduces a little-known text and shows how Classical culture and Bible heroes helped Christians conceptualize Jewish history in late antiquity. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 437 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-401) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781009268561 1009268562 |