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245 10 a| Visions and faces of the tragich| [electronic resource] :b| the mimesis of tragedy and the folly of salvation in early Christian literature /c| Paul M. Blowers.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| Oxford, United Kingdom ;a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2020.;

300 a| xii, 292 pages ;c| 24 cm;

490 1 a| Oxford early Christian studies;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-279) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Excavating tragical perspectives in Early Christianity : Trajectories of inquiry and interpretive challenges -- Tragical mimesis and Biblical interpretation I : primitive tragedies in Genesis -- Tragical mimesis and Biblical interpretation II : exposing and expounding the tragic in sacred history -- The tragic Christian self : three Late-Ancient profiles lives and selves -- Tragical conscience : contemplating the faces and bodies of tragedy in the foreground of the church -- Tragical pathos : the expanding Christian repertoire of tragical emotions -- The theological scope of Early Christian tragical vision -- Epilogue : hope and the Christian tragical pathos.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 8 a| "Despite the pervasive early Christian repudiation of pagan theatrical art, especially prior to Constantine, this monograph demonstrates the increasing attention of late-ancient Christian authors to the genre of tragedy as a basis to explore the complexities of human finitude, suffering, and mortality in relation to the wisdom, justice, and providence of God. The book argues that various Christian writers, particularly in the post-Constantinian era, were keenly devoted to the mimesis, or imaginative re-presentation, of the tragic dimension of creaturely existence more than with simply mimicking the poetics of the classical Greek and Roman tragedians. It analyses a whole array of hermeneutical, literary, and rhetorical manifestations of "tragical mimesis" in0early Christian writing, which, capitalizing on the elements of tragedy already perceptible in biblical revelation, aspired to deepen and edify Christian engagement with multiform evil and with the extreme vicissitudes of historical existence. Early Christian tragical mimetics included not only interpreting (and often amplifying) the Bible's own tragedies for contemporary audiences, but also developing models of the Christian self as a tragic self, revamping the Christian moral conscience as a tragical conscience, and cultivating a distinctively Christian tragical pathos. The study culminates in an extended consideration of the theological intelligence and accountability of "tragical vision" and tragical mimesis in early Christian literary culture, and the unique role of the theological virtue of hope in its repertoire of tragical emotions."--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Visions and faces of the tragic the mimesis of tragedy and the folly of salvation in early Christian literature / Paul M. Blowers.

Author/creator	Blowers, Paul M., 1955-
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Description	xii, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Christian literature, Early--History and criticism. Tragedy--Religious aspects.

Series	Oxford early Christian studies Oxford early Christian studies. ^A324317
Contents	Excavating tragical perspectives in Early Christianity : Trajectories of inquiry and interpretive challenges -- Tragical mimesis and Biblical interpretation I : primitive tragedies in Genesis -- Tragical mimesis and Biblical interpretation II : exposing and expounding the tragic in sacred history -- The tragic Christian self : three Late-Ancient profiles lives and selves -- Tragical conscience : contemplating the faces and bodies of tragedy in the foreground of the church -- Tragical pathos : the expanding Christian repertoire of tragical emotions -- The theological scope of Early Christian tragical vision -- Epilogue : hope and the Christian tragical pathos.
Summary	"Despite the pervasive early Christian repudiation of pagan theatrical art, especially prior to Constantine, this monograph demonstrates the increasing attention of late-ancient Christian authors to the genre of tragedy as a basis to explore the complexities of human finitude, suffering, and mortality in relation to the wisdom, justice, and providence of God. The book argues that various Christian writers, particularly in the post-Constantinian era, were keenly devoted to the mimesis, or imaginative re-presentation, of the tragic dimension of creaturely existence more than with simply mimicking the poetics of the classical Greek and Roman tragedians. It analyses a whole array of hermeneutical, literary, and rhetorical manifestations of "tragical mimesis" in0early Christian writing, which, capitalizing on the elements of tragedy already perceptible in biblical revelation, aspired to deepen and edify Christian engagement with multiform evil and with the extreme vicissitudes of historical existence. Early Christian tragical mimetics included not only interpreting (and often amplifying) the Bible's own tragedies for contemporary audiences, but also developing models of the Christian self as a tragic self, revamping the Christian moral conscience as a tragical conscience, and cultivating a distinctively Christian tragical pathos. The study culminates in an extended consideration of the theological intelligence and accountability of "tragical vision" and tragical mimesis in early Christian literary culture, and the unique role of the theological virtue of hope in its repertoire of tragical emotions."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-279) and indexes.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019954805
ISBN	0198854102 (hardcover)
ISBN	9780198854104 (hardcover)

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