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Explaining the cosmos : creation and cultural interaction in late-antique Gaza /

Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius each contributed to debates about the creation and eternity of the world, which ran from the Neoplatonist Proclus into the sixth-century disputes between Philoponus, Simplicius and Cosmas Indicopleustes. The Gazan contribution is significant in its own right, highligh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Champion, Michael W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Oxford studies in late antiquity.
Subjects:
Aeneas, > of Gaza, > active 5th century.
Zacharias, > Bishop of Mytilene.
Procopius.
Aeneas, > of Gaza, > active 5th century
Procopius
Zacharias, > Bishop of Mytilene
Creation > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Gaza > Intellectual life.
Intellectual life
Gaza Strip > Gaza
30-600
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Late-antique Gaza : teachers, monks and philosophers
  • Gazan culture performed and transformed by Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius
  • Christian and neoplatonic creations
  • Procopius on creation and eternity
  • Aeneas and Zacharias on creation and eternity
  • Conclusions : creation creating cultures.