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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Mark Letteney
Mark Letteney
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University of Washington

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The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity
Intellectual and Material Transformations
 , pp. vii - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023
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Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. Acknowledgments

  3. List of Abbreviations

  4. 1Christianizing Knowledge, or a Beginning of Late Antiquity

    1. Observations on Method

    2. Beyond Comparison

    3. Theologians and Jurists

  5. Part INew Readers

    1. 2A History of Christian Fact Finding

      1. Epistemic and Preceptual Knowledge in Antiquity

      2. Christian Scholastic Practices

      3. Ignatius

      4. Justin Martyr

      5. Irenaeus

      6. Tertullian

      7. The Gospel of Truth

      8. Conclusion

    2. 3A Methodological Revolution in Fourth-Century Theology

      1. Constantine’s Idealized World Order: Universality through Unity

      2. Athanasius of Alexandria

      3. Athanasius and the “Canon”

      4. Concerning the Decrees

      5. Conclusion

    3. 4A New Order of Books in the Theodosian Age

      1. Tools of the Trade: Aggregation, Distillation, and Promulgation

      2. Interpretation and “Patristic Commentary”

      3. Christian Aggregation

      4. The Proceedings of the Council of Ephesus (431)

      5. Aggregation beyond Theology

      6. Traditionalist Rejection

      7. Post-Theodosian Collection, or the Shift to Florilegia

      8. Conclusion

  6. Part IINew Texts

    1. 5New Bookforms

      1. The Code(x)

      2. Christians and the Codex

      3. Canon and Codex

      4. Conclusion

    2. 6New Texts

      1. Gratian’s Talisman

      2. Ambrose: Concerning the Faith

      3. Hilary: Concerning the Synods

      4. Jerome’s Obelus

      5. The Problem of Discernment in Nontheological Texts

      6. New Texts

    3. 7Christian Tools in Traditionalist Texts

      1. Nomina Sacra and Nomina Vulgaria

      2. Conclusion

    4. 8New Meanings

      1. Rules for Deciding

      2. Institutionalized Suspicion of Documents and Archives

      3. The Proceedings of the Council of Chalcedon

      4. The Theodosian Talmud

      5. Conclusion

    5. Conclusion

  7. Case Study: The Theodosian Code in Its Christian Conceptual Frame

  8. Magisterium Vitae and Christian Tradition

  9. Lex Generalis in Classical Jurisprudence

  10. General Law in Christian Tradition

  11. The Theodosian Code and General Law

  12. “Resting on the Force of Edicts or on Sacred Imperial General Law”

  13. Bibliography

  14. Index

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  • Mark Letteney, University of Washington
  • Book: The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
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