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The Literary Connoisseur. Socrates Scholasticus on Rhetoric, Literature and Religious Orthodoxy

In: Vigiliae Christianae
Author:
Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas Ancient Greek Department. Faculty of Humanities. University of Granada Granada. 18071 Spain aquiroga@ugr.es

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06 Mar 2015
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This paper explores Socrates Scholasticus’ accounts of rhetorical deliveries and allusions to bishops’ oratorical displays in the light of new tendencies in late antique literature and historiography with the aim of concluding that the Church historian considered that rhetorical deliveries were part of the negotiating process in the search of religious consensus.

Title:
The Literary Connoisseur. Socrates Scholasticus on Rhetoric, Literature and Religious Orthodoxy
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15700720-12341184
Language:
English
Pages:
109–122
Keywords:
Socrates Scholasticus; rhetorical criticism; sophistry; religious orthodoxy
In:
Vigiliae Christianae
In:
Volume 69: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1570-0720
Print ISSN:
0042-6032
Subjects:
Early Church & Patristics, Biblical Studies, Church History, History, Ancient History, Classical Studies, Religion in Antiquity, Religious Studies, Biblical Theology, Theology and World Christianity

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