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The Use of the Jewish Scriptures by Early Christian Greek Apologists 140-190 CE: Justin Martyr, Tatian and Theophilus of Antioch
(2019-05-18)A striking feature of some Greek Christian apologetic works of the mid-late 2C is the extent to which they make of the Jewish scriptures in their arguments, even though the scriptures were not known to any significant ... -
Metamorphoses of the Butterfly in Classical Antiquity: From the Female Body to the Soul of the Dead
(2019-04-27)This dissertation explores the wide range of meanings assigned to the butterfly in classical antiquity. Although scholars have exclusively focused on its association with the soul in the Greco-Roman world, the butterfly ... -
Early Christianity and Greek Philosophy: The Argument of Acts 17:16-34 in Light of the Philosophical and Religious Debates of Early Post-Hellenistic Times
(2019-02-05)The speech in Athens (Acts 17:16–34) is a key text to assess the relationship between the early Christian movement and the Graeco-Roman world in Acts, but its interpretation has led to diametrically opposed conclusions, ... -
The Poet at Work: Concepts of Authorship in the Ancient Reception of Virgil
(2019-05-18)This thesis explores how Virgil's readers imagined the authorial techniques and biographical persona of Virgil, the most canonical – yet extraordinarily elusive – Latin poet. While ancient biography is often dismissed as ...
