Theology
Antioch II
The Many Faces of Antioch: Intellectual Exchange and Religious Diversity, CE 350–450
Ed. by Silke-Petra Bergjan and Susanna Elm
[Antiochien. Die vielen Gesichter Antiochiens: Intellektueller Austausch und religiöse Vielfalt, 350–450 n.Chr.]
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During the fourth century, Antioch on the Orontes was the most important imperial residence in the Roman Empire and a »hot-bed« of intellectual and religious activity. The writings of men such as Libanius, the emperor Julian, Ammianus Marcellinus, John Chrysostom, Theodoret, and many others, provide a density of written sources that is nearly unmatched in antiquity, while the archaeological evidence of the city's evolution is much harder to reconstruct. This volume assembles state-of-the-art scholarship on these ancient authors within the context of recent archaeological work to offer a rare comprehensive view of this late Roman city.Survey of contents
Susanna Elm: IntroductionThe Many Layers of Antioch: Topography
Gunnar Brands: Preservation, Historicization, Change: Antioch A.D. 350–450 – Catherine Saliou: Libanius's Antiochicus, Mirror of a City? Antioch in 356, Praise and Reality – Johannes Hahn: Metropolis, Emperors, and Games: The Secularization of the Antiochene Olympics in Late Antiquity
The Many Layers of Antioch: The Imperial City
Jorit Wintjes: Die unbekannte Metropole – Antiochien und die römische Armee – Claudia Tiersch: A Dispute – About Hellenism? Julian and the Citizens of Antioch – Gavin Kelly: Ammianus, Valens, and Antioch – Susanna Elm: Death and the Tigris: Does Later Roman Historiography Present an Antiochene Agenda? (Eutropius and Festus)
Visions of Antioch Painted with Words
Jan R. Stenger: Healing Place or Abode of the Demons? Libanius's and Chrysostom's Rewriting of the Apollo Sanctuary at Daphne – Edward Watts: Old Age in the Antioch of the 390s: A Reappraisal of Libanius's Last Collection of Letters – Christine Shepardson: Bodies on Display: Deploying the Saints in the Religious Competitions of Late Antique Antioch – Blake Leyerle: Imagining Antioch or The Fictional Space of Alleys and Markets
The Antiochenes – Creating Communities
Jaclyn Maxwell: The Voices of the People of Antioch in John Chrysostom's Sermons and Libanius's Orations – Rudolf Brändle: Die Reden Adversus Iudaeos (386/387) von Johannes Chrysostomus im Kontext der multikulturellen Metropole Antiochien – Adam M. Schor: Instituting Clerical Expertise: The Apostolic Constitutions in Socio-Cultural Context – Yannis Papadogiannakis: Prescribing Emotions, Constructing Emotional Community in John Chrysostom's Antioch – Wendy Mayer: A Son of Hellenism: Viewing John Chrysostom's Anti-Intellectualism through the Lens of Antiochene Paideia – Silke-Petra Bergjan: Konkurrenz unter den Nizänern. Die Christen Antiochiens im 4. Jahrhundert