Reading Sin in the World : The Hamartigenia of Prudentius and the Vocation of the Responsible Reader
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1107519098
ISBN-13
9781107519091
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 9th, 2015
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
434 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.70 cms
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Prudentius is one of the major Latin poets of antiquity. This major new study of his didactic poem, the Hamartigenia, which explores the origins of evil and its workings in the world, is striking for being as seriously interested in its theological as in its literary contribution.
Prudentius is one of the major Latin poets of antiquity. A Christian living and writing in Spain in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, he was thoroughly imbued with the whole tradition of Latin poetry. The Hamartigenia is a didactic poem exploring the origins of evil and how it operates in the world. It is full of echoes and reworkings of earlier poems by Lucretius, Virgil and others, but is also a serious contribution to this important theological issue which was much discussed in Church circles of the day. This is a major new study of the Hamartigenia in the context of Prudentius' work as a whole and is striking for being as seriously interested in its theological as in its literary contribution.
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