Porphyry's Against the Christians

by Porphyry, R. Joseph Hoffmann, 

Book Overview

Throughout its first three centuries, the growing Christian religion was subjected not only to official persecution but to the attacks of pagan intellectuals, who looked upon the new sect as a band of fanatics bent on worldwide domination even as they professed to despise the things of this world. Prominent among these pagan critics was Porphyry of Tyre (ca. 232-ca. 305 C.E.), scholar, philosopher, and student of religions. His book Against the Christians...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879758899
• ISBN13: 9780879758899
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"