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© 2017 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Politics and Theology: The Anachronism of Modern Scholarship 4
  7. 2. Christianity: The Imperial Religion 30
  8. 3. Crisis and Response: The “New” Rhetoric of George of Pisidia 51
  9. 4. A Tale of Two Cities 72
  10. 5. Christians Without an Empire: The Patriarch Sophronius 99
  11. 6. “We Are Still Better Than You”: The Syrian Dialogues 116
  12. 7. Gregentius and Herbanus: The New Christian Patria 138
  13. 8. A Jewish-Christian Dialogue: The Exception to the Rule 158
  14. Conclusion 180
  15. Bibliography 185
  16. Index 197
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Abbreviations xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Politics and Theology: The Anachronism of Modern Scholarship 4
  7. 2. Christianity: The Imperial Religion 30
  8. 3. Crisis and Response: The “New” Rhetoric of George of Pisidia 51
  9. 4. A Tale of Two Cities 72
  10. 5. Christians Without an Empire: The Patriarch Sophronius 99
  11. 6. “We Are Still Better Than You”: The Syrian Dialogues 116
  12. 7. Gregentius and Herbanus: The New Christian Patria 138
  13. 8. A Jewish-Christian Dialogue: The Exception to the Rule 158
  14. Conclusion 180
  15. Bibliography 185
  16. Index 197
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