The Monster at the End of His Book: Monstrosity as Theological Strategy and Cultural Critique in Tatian's Against the Greeks
In Against the Greeks, Tatian develops a cultural critique by placing himself, his Greek education, and his "barbarian" ethnicity within the scope of the text's argument. I argue that this constitutes a deliberate strategy in which Tatian embodied a cultural monstera hybrid creature...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
[2018]
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 191-219 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tatianus, Syrus -172, Oratio ad Graecos
/ Cultural criticism
/ Interculturality
/ Paganism
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Paideia
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity ZF Education |
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