Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction I Orthodoxy and Heresy 1 he Evil in Our Bosom": Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father 15 Conversion 2 "Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently": Christianity and Local Traditions 53 3 Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion 72 4 " ~ v e r ~ t h i n ~ in Ruins": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths 82 5 The Founder of the Cappadocians 93 Preachers and Audiences 6 Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation 105 7 Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs 132 The Life to Come 8 "I Saw a Parrot": Philostorgius at Constantinople 157 Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction Orthodoxy and Heresy 1 "The Evil in Our Bosom"; Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father 15 Conversion 2 "Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently": Christianity and Local Traditions 53 3 Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion 72 4 "Everything in Ruins": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths 82 5 The Founder of the Cappadocians Preachers and Audiences 93 6 7 8 Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs The Life to Come "I Saw a Parrot": Philostorgius at Constantinople 105 157 viii Contents 9 A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil 162 10 "Trail of Sorrows": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus 171 Epilogue: A Different Late Antiquity 187 Abbreviations 191 Notes 193 Editions and Translations 223 The Cappadocian Fathers 223 Ancient Authors and Texts 225 Bibliography 231 Index 247 VlIl Contents 9 A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil 162 10 "Trail of Sorrows": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus 171 Epilogue: A Different Late Antiquity 187 Abbreviations 191 Notes 193 Editions and Translations 223 The Cappadocian Fathers 223 Ancient Authors and Texts 225 Bibliography 231 Index 247 ...