The Purpose of Rhetoric in Late Antiquity: From Performance to Exegesis

By Alberto J. Puertas

In this volume Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas brings together twelve essays that deal with the role and importance of rhetoric in theology, literature and politics in Late Antiquity, more specifically in the fourth century CE. The point of departure of this book is the assumption that religious, cultural and political issues of that peri

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161522699
• ISBN13: 9783161522697
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"