TY  - GEN
N2  - 'Christians in Conversation' deals with a particular form of writing by Christians in late antiquity, the prose dialogue. The present work offers a comprehensive analysis of Christian dialogues in Greek and in Syriac from the earliest examples in the second century up to the end of the sixth century. It shows that several Christian authors chose the dialogue form to convey fundamental theological views, and argues that dialogues were intended as tools of opinion formation in late antique society, thus opening up this vast strand of literature to the interests of the cultural and intellectual historians.
AB  - 'Christians in Conversation' deals with a particular form of writing by Christians in late antiquity, the prose dialogue. The present work offers a comprehensive analysis of Christian dialogues in Greek and in Syriac from the earliest examples in the second century up to the end of the sixth century. It shows that several Christian authors chose the dialogue form to convey fundamental theological views, and argues that dialogues were intended as tools of opinion formation in late antique society, thus opening up this vast strand of literature to the interests of the cultural and intellectual historians.
T1  - Christians in conversation :a guide to late antique dialogues in Greek and Syriac /
AU  - Rigolio, Alberto,
CN  - Oxford Scholarship Online
CN  - BR67
ID  - 858991
KW  - Christian literature, Early
KW  - Dialogue
KW  - Church history
SN  - 9780190915483 
TI  - Christians in conversation :a guide to late antique dialogues in Greek and Syriac /
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