Glen Bowersock (110 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. The extraordinary adaptability and durability of Greek culture in times of momentous change is revealed in this book, as G. W. Bowersock seeks to interpret Hellenism in a predominantly Christian world. In this effort he sheds new light on a late paganism that has often been seen as moribund and shows it to have been unexpectedly vigorous. Hellenism, comprising the language, thought, mythology, and images of the Greeks, contributed fundamentally to the evolution of early Christianity. It had spread across the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean for many centuries before Constantine established Christianity as the official religion of the Byzantine government. But Hellenism served no less to disseminate and strengthen paganism--a role that has hitherto been little appreciated or studied. The local traditions of Asia Minor, Egypt, and the Near East survived in most cases by sharing common forms of expression with the Christians. Hellenism clearly allowed late pagans of widely differing traditions to communicate with each other. At the same time it gave to both Christianity and Islam a pagan context that enjoyed much greater public recognition then than now. And so the author shows that Hellenism illuminates the wholeness of the late antique world in the East, the interaction of its paganism and its Christianity. Dionysus and Christ flourished together. ". . . Bowersock has given us a new unifying perspective for the turbulent religious history of four centuries--the idea of a common cultural medium within (and against) which differing religious traditions evolved and inter-penetrated." --New York Times Book Review ". . . a formidable achievement . . . [an] elegant and powerfully original book." --Times Literary Supplement G. W. Bowersock is Professor of Ancient History in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The extraordinary adaptability and durability of Greek culture in times of momentous change is revealed in this book, as G. W. Bowersock seeks to interpret Hellenism in a predominantly Christian world. In this effort he sheds new light on a late paganism that has often been seen as moribund and shows it to have been unexpectedly vigorous. Hellenism, comprising the language, thought, mythology, and images of the Greeks, contributed fundamentally to the evolution of early Christianity. It had spread across the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean for many centuries before Constantine established Christianity as the official religion of the Byzantine government. But Hellenism served no less to disseminate and strengthen paganism--a role that has hitherto been little appreciated or studied. The local traditions of Asia Minor, Egypt, and the Near East survived in most cases by sharing common forms of expression with the Christians. Hellenism clearly allowed late pagans of widely differing traditions to communicate with each other. At the same time it gave to both Christianity and Islam a pagan context that enjoyed much greater public recognition then than now. And so the author shows that Hellenism illuminates the wholeness of the late antique world in the East, the interaction of its paganism and its Christianity. Dionysus and Christ flourished together. ". . . Bowersock has given us a new unifying perspective for the turbulent religious history of four centuries--the idea of a common cultural medium within (and against) which differing religious traditions evolved and inter-penetrated." --New York Times Book Review ". . . a formidable achievement . . . [an] elegant and powerfully original book." --Times Literary Supplement G. W. Bowersock is Professor of Ancient History in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pges unmarked. Mildly edgeworn. Covers glossy. Binding square & firm. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Includes dust jacket. Ex owner markings on prelim pages. Minor wear/ tear along dust jacket edges.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. touches of wear on edges of covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition (Unstated); First Printing. Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures; 6.5 X 0.5 X 9.5 inches; 132 pages; Light foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. Otherwise in great condition. No writing or major blemishes.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gilt cloth, dust jacket, richly illustrated in colour.; Light tobacco smell.

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Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. There is a previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover, otherwise both the book & the dust jacket are clean, bright & unmarked. Like new. The number line goes to 1.

Condition: New. pp. 160.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Rustica (tapa blanda). Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. 01. Este retrato de una de las figuras más enigmáticas de la Antigüedadofrece una valoración inteligente y útil de la vida y el reinado deJuliano el Apóstata. Partiendo de una evaluación directa de lasfuentes antiguas, del testimonio de amigos y enemigos de Juliano, asícomo de los escritos del propio emperador, el autor rastrea lajuventud del emperador, sus años como comandante de las fuerzasromanas en la Galia y su aparición como único gobernante en el cursode una dramática marcha a Constantinopla. En el análisis de G. W.Bowersock sobre la revolución religiosa de Juliano se observa que elferviente defensor de una causa perdida hizo demandas intolerables alos paganos, judíos y cristianos por igual. Bowersock ha escrito lamejor historia sobre la vida de Juliano. Su éxito se debe no solo asu apasionado estilo, sino al dominio de una gran variedad de fuentesque le permiten elaborar nuevas interpretaciones de datos inesperados (W. H. C. Frend, The New York Review of Books) Repleto de información hábilmente desplegada y de conocimientos notables. La imagen [deJuliano] se dibuja con un vigor incisivo que es comp. LIBRO.…

Condition: New. pp. 160.

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. First edition. In-4, vi & 146 pages. Original cloth with dust-jacket, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Levant, Mesopotamia.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Inscribed by author on ffep to Christian Habicht. Else unmarked. Very light shelfwear.; X, 192pp.; 192 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Nuevo. Este retrato de una de las figuras más enigmáticas de la Antigüedad ofrece una valoración inteligente y útil de la vida y el reinado de Juliano el Apóstata. Partiendo de una evaluación directa de las fuentes antiguas, del testimonio de amigos y enemigos de Juliano, así como de los escritos del propio emperador, el autor rastrea la juventud del emperador, sus años como comandante de las fuerzas romanas en la Galia y su aparición como único gobernante en el curso de una dramática marcha a Constantinopla. En el análisis de G. W. Bowersock sobre la revolución religiosa de Juliano se observa que el ferviente defensor de una causa perdida hizo demandas intolerables a los paganos, judíos y cristianos por igual. «Bowersock ha escrito la mejor historia sobre la vida de Juliano. Su éxito se debe no solo a su apasionado estilo, sino al dominio de una gran variedad de fuentes que le permiten elaborar nuevas interpretaciones de datos inesperados» (W. H. C. Frend, The New York Review of Books)«Repleto de información hábilmente desplegada y de conocimientos notables. La imagen [de Juliano] se dibuja con un vigor incisivo que es completamente convincente y con una elegancia de estilo inusual» (J. N. D. Kelly, The Observer).«El relato más fiable y lúcido disponible de las obsesiones de Juliano. Un libro extraordinariamente bueno sobre un hombre excepcional» (George Steiner, The Times).…