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Macarius, Apocriticus - Introduction, Translation, and Notes (Paperback)
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Macarius, Apocriticus - Introduction, Translation, and Notes (Paperback)
Series: Translated Texts for Historians, 62
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The Apocriticus purports to be the record of a four-day public
debate between a pagan philosopher, whom the text calls simply the
"Hellene," and the author, Macarius, a Christian rhetor. The text
is a rich, though often neglected, source for the history of
intellectual and cultural conflict between Christian and Hellene
intellectuals in the fourth century CE. While the Apocriticus has
frequently attracted the attention of scholars as a possible source
of fragments from Porphyry's Against the Christians, the text as a
whole is significant in its own right. Macarius defends the
allegorical reading of scripture and presents interesting
discussions concerning ascetic practice and the cult of the
martyrs. The philosophical and theological eclecticism of the text
should also be of interests to scholars of early Christianity and
later ancient philosophy. The fictitious dialogue weaves together
philosophical and theological arguments, often in a "popularized"
form. The text thus represents an interesting contrast to more
formal "high" philosophical and theological texts of the period. As
well as a new English translation of an important text, this volume
includes notes and introductory essays setting the work in its
historical and intellectual contexts.
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