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31 - Classics

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Article title

Chorikios und die Ekphrasis der Stephanoskirche von Gaza: Bildung und Christentum im städtischen Kontext

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

Title of journal

Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum

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Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

ISSN of journal

0075-2541

Year of publication

2010

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Additional information

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Yes

Non-English

Yes

English abstract

Gaza in late antiquity is often held to exemplify a smooth blending of ancient culture (paideia) and Christian religion. In the peculiar stance on myths which the rhetorician Choricius uses in his epideictic orations, not least his description of St Stephen’s Church delivered at its dedication, he avoids advocating an unproblematic adherence to the transmitted paideia. Rather, he carefully tailors the pagan tale to its festive audience, in order to minimise the risk of offending the Christian public and to secure the ongoing relevance of the inherited culture. The oversimplified view of Gaza’s cultural climate thus needs revision.