Description
Studies the dominant philosophical reflections on religion and the pantheon in the Post-Hellenistic period.
About the Author
Peter van Nuffelen is Professor of History at Universiteit Gent, Belgium. His interests cover Hellenistic history, ancient historiography, ancient religion and philosophy and late antique history and literature, including in oriental languages. He has published widely in these fields, including the monograph Un heritage de paix et de piete. Etude sur les Histoires ecclesiastiques de Socrate et de Sozomene (2004) and the edited volumes Faces of Hellenism (2009), Monotheism in Late Antiquity Between Christians and Pagans (2010, with S. Mitchell) and One God. Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire (First-Fourth Centuries AD) (2010, with S. Mitchell). He is currently working on projects on late antique historiography and on ritual communication in Late Antiquity.
Reviews
'... [Nuffelen] has provided us here with a most stimulating, well-researched and well-argued monograph on a complex of topics central to the intellectual concerns of a wide range of thinkers in the first two centuries of the Common Era.' Literaturkritik
Book Information
ISBN 9781108984959
Author Peter van Nuffelen
Format Paperback
Page Count 281
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 381g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm