Hadrian and the Christians

of: Marco Rizzi

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.KG, 2010

ISBN: 9783110224719 , 192 Pages

Format: PDF

Copy protection: DRM

Contents: 6
Introduction: 8
Hadrian and the Christians: 14
Villa Adriana scenario del potere: 28
La paideia di Adriano: alcune osservazioni sulla valenza politica del culto eroico: 58
Hadrian, Eleusis, and the beginning of Christian apologetics: 78
The Bar Kokhba Revolt and Hadrian’s Religious Policy: 92
The pseudo-Hadrianic Epistle in the Historia Augusta and Hadrian’s religious policy: 118
Serapis, Boukoloi and Christians from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius: 128
Conclusion: Multiple identities in Second century Christianity: 148
Bibliography: 158
Index of ancient names and places: 178
Index of ancient texts: 184
The authors: 192

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