The Sentences of Sextus: A Contribution To The History Of Early Christian Ethics - Brossura

Chadwick, Henry

 
9780521541084: The Sentences of Sextus: A Contribution To The History Of Early Christian Ethics

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A collection of ethical aphorisms for centuries by Christians from Britain to Mesopotamia.

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Descrizione del libro

Sextus's Sentences are a collection of ethical aphorisms which for centuries were read in Latin, Greek, Syriac and Armenian, by Christians from Britain to Mesopotamia. They are an important strand in the history of the development of Christian ethics.

Contenuti

Note on Sigla Employed; Preface; Part I. Texts: 1. The manuscript tradition and the versions of Sextus; 2. The Greek text of Sextus and Rufinus' translation; 3. The Greek appendices to Sextus; 4. Clitarchus; 5. The Pythagorean sentences; Part II. Studies: 6. The moral teaching of Sextus; 7. The evidence of Origen; 8. Rufinus and Jerome; 9. Internal evidence; 10. Notes on Sextus 1-451; Bibliography; Index of Greek words in Sextus; Index of names and subjects.

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9780521045971: The Sentences of Sextus

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ISBN 10:  0521045975 ISBN 13:  9780521045971
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1959
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