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Gaza Triad
The Gaza Triad refers collectively to Aeneas of Gaza Aeneas of Gaza (; d. ) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher and a convert to Christianity who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. He is considered part of the Rhetorical School of Gaza, which flourished in Byzantine Palaestina in the fif ..., Procopius of Gaza and Zacharias Scholasticus. The three were sixth century Christian theologians from Gaza. Aeneas (died c. 518) was a Christian neo-platonist who defended the Christian doctrine of the resurrection against pagan attacks. Procopius (465-528) wrote biblical commentaries in catena form. Zacharius (died c. 540) was a philosopher and early church historian. References * *Matthew Bunson, editorEncyclopedia of Catholic History article on Aeneas of Gaza Further reading Aeneas of Gaza, Theophrastus, transl. by John Dillon and Donald Russell. With Zacharias of Mytilene, Ammonius, transl. by Sebastian Gertz coll. Ancient commentators on Aristotle, London, Bristol Classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aeneas Of Gaza
Aeneas of Gaza (; d. ) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher and a convert to Christianity who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. He is considered part of the Rhetorical School of Gaza, which flourished in Byzantine Palaestina in the fifth and sixth centuries. Life Not much is known about his life. Aeneas was probably born around 450 in Gaza. In his major work entitled ''Theophrastus,'' he alludes to Hierocles of Alexandria as his teacher, and in some of his letters he mentions as his contemporaries writers from the end of the fifth century and the beginning of the sixth, such as Procopius of Gaza. Aeneas has been also suggested as the unnamed uncle of Marcianus of Gaza who is described as the bishop of Gaza prior to Marcianus and as a famous sophist. Like many others from his literary circle, Aeneas had close relations with the monastic communities that surrounded Gaza. Aeneas for instance frequently consulted Abba Isaiah, a nearby famous ascetic and monastic m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Procopius Of Gaza
Procopius of Gaza (; 465 – 528) was a Christian sophist and rhetorician, one of the most important representatives of the famous school of his native place.Vikan, Gary, Alexander Kazhdan, and Zvi 'Uri Ma῾oz. "Gaza." In ''The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium''. Oxford University Press, 1991. Life and work The little that is known of him is to be found in his letters and the ''encomium'' by his pupil and successor Choricius. Like many other members of the rhetorical school of Gaza, he studied in Alexandria and then became a teacher for rhetorics in his home town of Gaza though other cities like Antioch, Tyre and Caesarea Maritima vied for his service. He was the author of numerous rhetorical and theological works. Of the former, his panegyric on the emperor Anastasius alone is extant; the description of the Hagia Sophia and the monody on its partial destruction by an earthquake are spurious. His letters (163 in number), addressed to persons of rank, friends, and literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zacharias Scholasticus
Zacharias of Mytilene (Ζαχαρίας ό Μιτυληναίος; c. 465, Gaza – after 536), also known as Zacharias Scholasticus or Zacharias Rhetor, was a bishop and ecclesiastical historian. Life The life of Zacharias of Mytilene can be reconstructed only from a few scattered reports in contemporary sources (the accounts are also partly conflicting – for example, some Syrian authors have " Melitene" instead of "Mytilene"). Zacharias was born and raised in a Christian family near Gaza, which hosted a significant school of rhetorics in late antiquity. That was also where he received his initial education. In 485, he travelled to Alexandria, where he studied philosophy for two years. In Alexandria, he was embroiled in a conflict between Christians and pagans in connection with the Horapollo affair. It was also there he met Severus, who was later to become a notable patriarch of Antioch. In 487, Zacharias travelled to Beirut to study law at its law school. He stayed ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gaza City
Gaza City, also called Gaza, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, southwest of Jerusalem, it was home to Port of Gaza, Palestine's only port. With a population of 590,481 people as of 2017, Gaza City was the most populous city in Palestine until the Gaza war caused most of the population to be displaced. Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC, Gaza City has been dominated by different peoples and empires throughout its history. The Philistines made it a part of their Philistia, pentapolis after the ancient Egyptians had ruled it for nearly 350 years. Under the Roman Empire, Gaza City experienced relative peace and its Port of Gaza, Mediterranean port flourished. In 635 AD, it became the first city in the Palestine (region), Palestine region to be conquered by the Rashidun army and quickly developed into a centre of Fiqh, Islamic law. However, by the time the Crusader states were established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cornelia Horn
Cornelia Bernadette Horn (born October 14, 1968) is a German-American theologian, historian and philologist who specializes in the study of Early Christianity and pre-modern Christianity with a focus on Southwestern Asia and Northeastern Africa, also known as Oriental Christianity. Her work has examined theological, cultural, and historical questions in the areas of history, philology, art, childhood, women, and health in Early Christianity and specifically in the churches of Northeast Africa, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. Her work has dealt with Christian Apocrypha and the transmission history of traditions across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, including the question of Christian apocryphal sources in the Quran and early Islam. Early life and education Cornelia Horn was born in Hardheim to Christa (born Teichmann) and Johann Albert Horn and grew up on the family farm in Steinbach, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, the oldest of three children. Upon completing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
