Publication

2002 - W.B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich, Michigan

Language

English

Word Count

75,500 words, Guess

Page Count

302 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing729575

Classifications

  • DDC183/.1
  • LCCB288 .W56 2002
  • LCCB288

First Sentence

In the following five chapters we will survey evidence of the sophistic movement in Alexandria from the perspective of two of its most important critics, Philo of Alexandria (?-ca. A.D. 50) and Dio of Prusa (ca. A.D. 40-112), and from a student of the sophists named Neilus who wrote early in the Principate of Vespasian.

Excerpt

In the following five chapters we will survey evidence of the sophistic movement in Alexandria from the perspective of two of its most important critics, Philo of Alexandria (?-ca. A.D. 50) and Dio of Prusa (ca. A.D. 40-112), and from a student of the sophists named Neilus who wrote early in the Principate of Vespasian.

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Other Editions

  • Philo and Paul among the Sophists: Alexandrian and Corinthian responses to a Julio-Claudian movementW.B. Eerdmans2002-01-01

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