The Pythagorean Golden Verses: With Introduction and Commentary (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Band 123)

Thom, Johan C.

 
9789004101050: The Pythagorean Golden Verses: With Introduction and Commentary (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Band 123)
ISBN 10: 9004101055 ISBN 13: 9789004101050
Verlag: Brill Verlag, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

This book is a commentary on the Pythagorean Golden Verses, a neglected, but once very popular poem of the Hellenistic period. The goal of the poem is to introduce its readers to the basic moral, religious and philosophical doctrines of the Pythagorean sect and to guide them to spiritual maturity.
The first part of the book treats still unresolved introductory matters such as the date, authorship, genre, composition, and the historical locus of the poem. This is followed by a text with translation on facing pages, and a detailed commentary containing a wealth of comparative material from the Greco-Roman period, including early Christianity and Judaism.
Particularly valuable are the extensive discussions of the moral topoi and religious themes encountered in the poem.

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Johan C. Thom, Ph.D. (1990) in New Testament and Early Christianity, University of Chicago, is Senior Lecturer in Greek at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published several articles on Pythagoreanism in the Greco-Roman period.

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Verlag
Brill Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9004101055
ISBN 13 
9789004101050
Einband
Ledereinband
Anzahl der Seiten
277
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