Explaining The Cosmos: Creation And Cultural Interaction In Late-Antique Gaza (Oxford Studies In Late Antiquity)

This title analyses the philosophical and theological writings relating to the creation and eternity of the world of three Gazan thinkers, Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius. It sheds light on Neoplatonic and Christian debates, and maps distinctive cultural characteristics of Gaza, including its schools and monasteries, in Late Antiquity.

• | Author: Michael W. Champion
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 20, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199337489
• | ISBN-13: 9780199337484