Barbarian Philosophy

In the Roman Empire, Christianity came into being as a radical religious movement. This new concept of religion offered dramatic social and anthropological implications and shaped medieval perceptions. Guy G. Stroumsa examines from various angles the radical nature of some of the early Christian beliefs and their dialectical transformation in the first centuries. He looks at the attitudes of Christians to non-Christians and the growth of intolerance in late antiquity. In addition he shows the extreme character of dualist trends, the role of which can be compared to 'a revolution within the revolution'.

Born 1948; 1978 PhD; Dr. h. c. Zurich; Martin Buber Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor Emeritus of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions, and Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

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Born 1948; 1969 B.A. at Hebrew University; 1978 Ph.D. at Harvard University, USA; since 1991 Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion at Hebrew University; visiting Professor at various European and American Universities.