Families and Friends in Late Roman Cappadocia (First Edition)

by Raymond Van Dam

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Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) presents ... Families and Friends in Late Roman Cappadocia (First Edition) Author:Raymond Van Dam Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press Release Date:2003 Jacket Condition: Seller Category:History Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Excellent Media:Hardcover Notes: The second volume in his trilogy on fourth-century Cappadocia. The others are Kingdom of Snow (Roman rule and Greek culture) and Becoming Christian (conversion and doctrine). This book uses the letters, orations, and lives of the Cappadocian Fathers to study two elite provincial families and the friendship that linked them. The focus is Basil of Caesarea, his brother Gregory of Nyssa, their sister Macrina, and their friend Gregory of Nazianzus. Van Dam treats them not only as theologians but as sons, brothers, uncles, and friends in a world shaped by Roman law, inheritance, education, gender roles, and the rise of Christian asceticism. The text is categorized into three parts: 1) Fathers and Sons; 2) Mothers and Daughters; and 3) Friendship. ABOUT THIS COPY: Bound in a peach-ish tan cloth, covers are plain with black lettering on the spine. Endpapers are a black and white map of the Kingdom of Armenia and Persian Empire. Also includes epilogue, abbreviations, notes, editions and translations, and bibliography. Indexed. viii, 256 pp. Dust jacket is illustrated with black and white images against a tan parchment-like background with black and white lettering. Except for a very crease on t

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Condition: Fine

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