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Author: Susanna Elm
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Volume: 49
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.726kg
ISBN: 9780520287549
ISBN 10: 0520287541
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 08 September 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""A learned study of how the writings of two religious rivals ... were products of the same cultural koine, Hellenism... Recommended."" -- K. W. Harl, Tulane University Choice ""The refined corrective [Elms] brings to the dominant portrayals of her two protagonists is itself noteworthy, but her book does much more."" Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) ""Susanna Elm has produced a work that shakes the classical pillars... Very highly recommended."" -- John Anthony McGuckin Marginalia ""A multifaceted and deeply erudite work ... [Elm's approach is] not only refreshing, but also necessary."" -- Maijastina Kahlos Athenaeum
A learned study of how the writings of two religious rivals ... were products of the same cultural koine, Hellenism... Recommended. -- K. W. Harl, Tulane University Choice 20121201 The refined corrective [Elms] brings to the dominant portrayals of her two protagonists is itself noteworthy, but her book does much more. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) 20130102
"""A learned study of how the writings of two religious rivals ... were products of the same cultural koine, Hellenism... Recommended."" -- K. W. Harl, Tulane University Choice ""The refined corrective [Elms] brings to the dominant portrayals of her two protagonists is itself noteworthy, but her book does much more."" Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) ""Susanna Elm has produced a work that shakes the classical pillars... Very highly recommended."" -- John Anthony McGuckin Marginalia ""A multifaceted and deeply erudite work ... [Elm's approach is] not only refreshing, but also necessary."" -- Maijastina Kahlos Athenaeum"
A learned study of how the writings of two religious rivals ... were products of the same cultural koine, Hellenism... Recommended. -- K. W. Harl, Tulane University Choice The refined corrective [Elms] brings to the dominant portrayals of her two protagonists is itself noteworthy, but her book does much more. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) Susanna Elm has produced a work that shakes the classical pillars... Very highly recommended. -- John Anthony McGuckin Marginalia
A learned study of how the writings of two religious rivals ... were products of the same cultural koine, Hellenism... Recommended. -- K. W. Harl, Tulane University Choice The refined corrective [Elms] brings to the dominant portrayals of her two protagonists is itself noteworthy, but her book does much more. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)
Author Information
Susanna Elm is Sidney H. Ehrman Professor of History and Classics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Virgins of God: The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity.
