Johnson, Aaron P. – Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius’ Praeparatio Evangelica

Description

Eusebius’ magisterial Praeparatio Evangelica offers a defence of Christianity in the face of Greek accusations of irrationality and impiety. Aaron P. Johnson seeks to appreciate Eusebius’ contribution to the discourses of Christian identity by investigating the constructions of ethnic identity at the heart of his work.

CONTENTS

1 Discourses of ethnicity and early Christian apologetics: an introduction
2 The language of `ethnicity’
3 Relocating Greekness: the narrative of Greek descent
4 Rewriting Hebrew history: the descent of the ancient Hebrews
5 Greek descent revisited
6 Rome among the nations: Eusebius’ Pareparatio and the unmaking of Greek political theology
7 The Church as apologetic: Eusebius’ legitimation of Christianity