Name: Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (en Inglés)
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Author: Gray, Allison L.
ISBN: 9783161575587

portada Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (en Inglés)

Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Allison L. Gray

Editorial

Mohr Siebeck

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

303

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9783161575587

Categorías

Mundo antiguo
Historia antigua
Historia de la religión
Budismo
Cristianismo

Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (en Inglés)

Allison L. Gray (Autor) · Mohr Siebeck · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer: Weaving Lives for Virtuous Readers (en Inglés)"

In this study, Allison L. Gray analyzes three biographical narratives by the fourth-century Christian theologian Gregory of Nyssa (335-395 CE). When the Life of Moses, the Life of Macrina, and the Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus are examined in light of Greco-Roman rhetoric, biography, hagiography, and the history of education, it becomes evident that Gregory's attention to audience is critical to understanding the texts' form and function. Gregory recounts the lives of exemplary figures to inform his readers about lived virtue while simultaneously preparing them to be skilled readers and interpreters. He adopts and adapts familiar rhetorical and literary techniques to imagine, construct, and teach a new sort of ideal audience, training Christians to interpret Scripture. This study contributes to a more complete picture of how early Christian biographical writing shaped an emerging Christian paideia