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Cambridge University Press The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity

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This is the story of the transformation of the ways in which the increasingly Christianized elites of the late antique Mediterranean experienced and conceptualized linguistic differences. The metaphor of Babel stands for the magnificent edifice of classical culture that was about to reach the sky, but remained self-sufficient and self-contained in its virtual monolingualism – the paradigm within which even Latin was occasionally considered just a dialect of Greek. The gradual erosion of this vision is the slow fall of Babel that took place in the hearts and minds of a good number of early Christian writers and intellectuals who represented various languages and literary traditions. This step-by-step process included the discovery and internalization of the existence of multiple other languages in the world, as well as subsequent attempts to incorporate their speakers meaningfully into the holistic and distinctly Christian picture of the universe. Book Description Explores how early Christianity sought to define its relationship to speakers of foreign languages. About the Author Yuliya Minets is an Assistant Professor of Ancient History at Jacksonville State University.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1108833462
Category: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 09 December 2021
Listed Since: 08 June 2021

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