... to the Judaean War, where Josephus responds to previous histories of the war, some likely to have been in Greek, which he thought of poor quality. It argues that Josephus was particularly influenced by Dio Chrysostom, the orator from Prusa in Bithynia, and Plutarch, the philosopher and priest from...

... Chrysostom Williams R D Cameron M ἐπίνοια ἔννοια Mortley R Origen of Alexandria Markus R Strauss G Asceticism Cameron A Elm S anthropology asceticism Augustine body John Chrysostom purification Rufinus scripture soul 1 Gregory Nazianzen, Or. 40. 37. The material...

... of comprehension: John Skelton John Free William Sellyng William Caxton Diodorus Siculus John Chrysostom Synesius Cicero translation This chapter opens with John Skelton (c.1460–1529), who seems to mark a watershed moment in the history of English vernacular Greek translation: Skelton’s...

...). Analysis of Elyot’s Image of Governance (1541), which was disingenuously presented as though it had been translated from Greek, further helps to interrogate the Renaissance ideal of Greek as a pure source. The chapter concludes by considering Chrysostom translations. These Chrysostom...

...This book explores the dynamics of the discourse of slavery, referred to as doulology, in the homilies of fourth-century priest and bishop John Chrysostom. Drawing on the analytical concepts of Michel Foucault as well as the critical theories of Michel de Certeau and Pierre Bourdieu, the book...

...This chapter explores the role of aretagogy—the teaching of virtue—as well as discipline and punishment of slaves in John Chrysostom's doulology. It begins with an overview of the nature, dynamics, and complexities of aretagogy in Roman antiquity before turning to Chrysostom's Christianized program...

...This chapter discusses Dio Chrysostom, a wealthy Greek who was banished from Prusa and who was exiled to Olbia. It focuses on his construction and illustration of Olbia through his thirty-sixth speech entitled Borystheniticus Or. 36. This speech is assumed to be written during his...

...The letters of John Chrysostom form a distinctive collection, which John may have published to compensate for the loss of his pre-exilic epistolary archives. The letters conjure images of life at the frontier of the Roman Empire and allude to the physical and emotional challenges of exile...

...This chapter is in two parts. Part 1 considers several different passages scattered throughout John Chrysostom’s corpus, in which he carefully constructs the diabolization of different ritual practices throughout the city—such as remedia, Greco-Roman festivals, Jewish high holy...

...This chapter describes the practice and popularity of spiritual marriage. Medievalists define spiritual marriage as sexual abstinence within wedlock, or what historians of early Christianity would call chaste marriage. John Chrysostom argues that women and men would be better off spiritually...

...A shift in tone is instantly evident in the opening of John Chrysostom's treatise to the women. In the treatise to women, spiritual marriage is tragic because it concerns not common people but those of nobility. Uncovering the virgins' “dark secrets,” Chrysostom reveals their hateful motivation...

...Arguing that John Chrysostom was committed to a doctrine of “accommodation” at all levels and from the earliest days of his ministry, David Rylaarsdam situates variation at the heart of Chrysostom's priestly strategy. Chrysostom's manipulation of theatrical conventions in his treatises against...

...The conclusion imagines the impact of Julian’s rhetoric on the Antiochene landscape, especially as found in the writings of John Chrysostom some twenty years later. Chrysostom’s anti-Jewish rhetoric is typically seen as aimed at Christian Judaizers. This thesis is challenged and repostulated here...

..., Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin. It seeks to show how each new interpreter interacts with earlier readings and brings in other aspects of the text which enable him to confront contemporary issues in his reading community. As such, the reception history of the Pauline letters sheds light...

... a necessity. The Church sought particularly strong personalities to lead their urban flocks, and these personalities were often found among the ascetics. This chapter presents the stories of St. Augustine, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Jerome — ascetics who reluctantly joined the ranks of the clergy. Augustine...

...Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature. N. Bryant Kirkland, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2022. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197583517.003.0005 This chapter studies Herodotean evocations in Dio Chrysostom’s Borystheniticus (Or. 36...

... the Greek Fathers (in Latin translation)—St John Chrysostom was a favourite; he made much use of Dionysios the Areopagite; and inherited the central place the Damascene’s On the Orthodox Faith had acquired in Western scholasticism. Further affinity lies in Aquinas’ initial monastic...

... Sophistic The Contest of Homer and Hesiod Dio Chrysostom Homeric Lives Aristotle Butler Samuel Wolf Friedrich August The Contest of Homer and Hesiod Dio Chrysostom ‘Trojan Oration’ fictionality Homeric revisionism Homeric scholarship literary parody Lives of Homer lying Samuel Butler Few...

...Contrary to the portrayals of John Chrysostom as a theologically impaired, moralizing sophist, this study argues that his thinking is remarkably coherent when it is understood on his own terms and within his culture. Chrysostom depicts God as a teacher of philosophy who adaptably guides people...

...Recent studies have taken Chrysostom’s critical language as either reflecting a congregation which was rather lacklustre in its faith, or as reflecting a preacher who was somewhat ‘out of touch’. In either case, the relationship between the preacher and his congregation would appear somewhat...