Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evangelica

by Aaron P. Johnson

Eusebius' magisterial Praeparatio Evangelica (written sometime between AD 313 and 324) offers an apologetic defence of Christianity in the face of Greek accusations of irrationality and impiety. Though brimming with the quotations of other (often lost) Greek authors, the work is dominated by a clear and sustained argument. Against the tendency to see the Praeparatio as merely an anthology of other sources or a defence of monotheistic religion against...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199296138
• ISBN13: 9780199296132
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"