Gegen falsche Götter und falsche Bildung: Tatian, Rede an die Griechen

Gegen falsche Götter und falsche Bildung: Tatian, Rede an die Griechen 

Eingel., übers. u. mit interpretierenden Essays versehen v. Peter Gemeinhardt, Marie-Luise Lakmann, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Ferdinand R. Prostmeier, Adolf Martin Ritter, Holger Strutwolf u. Andrei Timotin. Hrsg. v. Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

[Against False Gods and False Education. Tatian's Address to the Greeks.]

2016. X, 334 pages.

Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia XXVIII

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ISBN 978-3-16-156427-7

DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-156427-7

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Written after the middle of the 2nd century CE by an educated Christian, Tatian's »Address to the Greeks« is a powerfully eloquent and all-encompassing attack against both Hellenic culture and Hellenic gods. It is thus an important precursor of the vehement spiritual conflicts of the 4th century CE between traditional Graeco-Roman paganism and Christianity. The volume presents an introduction into the author and his writings as well as into the »Address« itself, followed by the original Greek text (which has been subjected to a thorough revision with regard to earlier editions), a new German translation with a thorough annotation elucidating the numerous details of content to be found in the work, and after that by a number of essays putting the »Address« in its theological, religious and generally »ideological« context and shedding light on its subsequent reception.