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The Making of Fornication: Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity Volume 40 Hardcover - 2003
by Kathy L. Gaca
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In this study I aim to resolve an important philosophical and historical problem about the making of sexual morality in Western culture: Do the patristic sexual rules of second-century Christianity differ notably from the Greek philosophical sexual principles that the patristic writers used to help formulate their own?
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"This is an extensive study of the theorizing about sexual norms and proprieties of certain major Greek philosophical traditions on the one hand (Platonism, Stoicism, Pythagoreanism), and various key figures of the Judeo-Christian tradition on the other (Philo of Alexandria, Paul, Tatian, Clement, Epiphanes), in order to demonstrate what the author terms their 'discontinuity.'... [Gaca] examines the history of these concepts in the Hellenic and the Judeo-Christian traditions more clearly and comprehensively than I have seen it done elsewhere. The book is of considerable importance in understanding the roots of the early Christian attitude to sexuality--something that still has repercussions today."--John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin
"This book is a gold mine of information for anyone interested in the dynamics of sexual morality in Western culture. General readers, students, and scholars will find surprising data about sexual views, theories, practices, and politics in ancient Greek and Roman society, Hellenistic Judaism and philosophy, and early and patristic Christianity. Gaca's dynamic prose is exciting to read. Her detailed footnotes are a virtual encyclopedia of sexual morality in Western culture."--Vernon K. Robbins, Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Religion, Emory University
"This book is a gold mine of information for anyone interested in the dynamics of sexual morality in Western culture. General readers, students, and scholars will find surprising data about sexual views, theories, practices, and politics in ancient Greek and Roman society, Hellenistic Judaism and philosophy, and early and patristic Christianity. Gaca's dynamic prose is exciting to read. Her detailed footnotes are a virtual encyclopedia of sexual morality in Western culture."--Vernon K. Robbins, Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Religion, Emory University
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- Title The Making of Fornication: Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity Volume 40
- Author Kathy L. Gaca
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, BERKELEY, CA
- Date 2003-08-04
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780520235991 / 0520235991
- Weight 1.52 lbs (0.69 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.42 x 1.15 in (23.47 x 16.31 x 2.92 cm)
- Reading level 1460
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Cultural Region: Mediterranean
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Ancient, Sexual ethics - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002012604
- Dewey Decimal Code 241.660
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- Choice, 02/01/2004, Page 1093
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