Philosophy at the Festival: The Festal Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus and the Classical Tradition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del 461 i serien Mnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature

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Before serving as Bishop of Constantinople and becoming known to posterity as "the Theologian", Gregory of Nazianzus was an Athens-trained professional teacher of Greek literature. Steeped in the rhetorical culture of the Second Sophistic, his orations for Christian feasts such as Christmas and Pentecost belong to a Classical tradition that privileged the performance of philosophy at festivals. Widely copied and translated, they were instrumental in Gregory becoming one of the most popular and influential authors in Byzantium. This book shows how his orations represent a crucial point in the Late Antique reception of Platonism, rhetorical theory, and ancient festival culture.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-07-28
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:468 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature
Antal sidor:194
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004521391

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Byron MacDougall, Ph.D. (2015), Brown University, is Assistant Professor of Literary Arts and Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. He has published articles on various aspects of Greek literary, philosophical, and religious culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantium.

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AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Gregory’s Life and Education2 Gregory’s Philosophical Culture1 Mediterranean Festival Culture and Imperial Greek Rhetoric2 Festival Spectatorship and Philosophical Theoria1 The Origins of Philosophical Theoria3 The Prooemia of Gregory’s Orations and Traditions of Exegesis1 Platonic Preludes: Or. 2 and Gregory’s “Apology”2 Platonic Preludes at the Festival: Or. 38 “On Theophany” and the Timaeus3 Preludes Continued: The Divine Arrangement of Or. 40 “On Holy Baptism”4 The Influence of Gregory’s Prooemia: Gregory of Nyssa on Easter4 Performing Philosophy: Purification, Contemplation, and Assimilation to the Divine1 Katharsis at the Festival2 Theosis at the Festival3 Katharsis, Theoria, and Theosis: The Nativity Oration (Or. 38.7)5 The Rhetor’s Art: The Audience as Theoroi1 New Sunday and Contemplation of the Heavenly Festival2 The Holy Spirit and the Rhetor: Enargeia and the Feast of Pentecost6 Gregory’s Festival Theoria in Byzantium: From Pseudo-Dionysius to PhotiusConclusionBibliographyIndex