Dogmatic and polemical works by Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420

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A study in anti-Gnostic polemics : Irenaeus, Hippolytus, and Epiphanius / by Vallée, Gérard, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Heresiology and normative Christianity -- Irenaeus's refutation of the Gnostics -- Philosophical arguments -- Theological arguments -- Socio-political motives -- Excursus : Irenaeus and the Montanists -- The Elenchos against all heresies -- Hippolytus's three ways of refuting heresies -- The basic disagreement with the Gnostics -- Epiphanius's Panarion -- Ephiphanius's objective and method -- The Gnostic heresies -- The core of the refutation -- Christian polemics and the emergence of Orthodoxy.…”
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On the government of God : a treatise wherein are shown by argument and by examples drawn from the abandoned society of the times the ways of God toward His creatures / by Salvian, of Marseilles, approximately 400-approximately 480

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"The one who sows bountifully" : essays in honor of Stanley K. Stowers /

Table of Contents: “…Discursive practices, polemics, and ritualizing /…”
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Lost Christianities : the battle for Scripture and the faiths we never knew / by Ehrman, Bart D.

Table of Contents: “…Morton Smith and the secret Gospel of Mark -- Heresies and orthodoxies: At polar ends of the spectrum, early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites; Christians "in the know", the worlds of early Christian gnosticism; On the road to Nicaea, the broad swath of proto-orthodox Christianity -- Winners and losers: Quest for orthodoxy; Arsenal of the conflicts, polemic treatises and personal slurs; Additional weapons in the polemic arsenal, forgeries and falsifications; Invention of scripture, the formation of the proto-orthodox New Testament; Winners, losers, and the question of tolerance.…”
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Debate and dialogue : Christian and pagan cultures c. 360-430 / by Kahlos, Maijastina

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Constructing and deconstructing dichotomies -- Debate, polemic and dialogue -- Religio and superstitio -- Ceremonies of light and dark -- Gods and demons.…”
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Bible and poetry in late antique Mesopotamia : Ephrem's Hymns on faith / by Wickes, Jeffrey Thomas

Table of Contents: “…The madrashe on faith in context -- Investigation -- Bible, polemics, and language -- A poetic "I" -- Audience and the vision of the text -- A divine son…”
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Christian gnosis : Christian religious philosophy in its historical development / by Baur, Ferdinand Christian, 1792-1860

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Lost Christianities : the battle for Scripture and the faiths we never knew / by Ehrman, Bart D.

Table of Contents: “…Morton Smith and the secret Gospel of Mark -- Heresies and orthodoxies: At polar ends of the spectrum, early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites; Christians "in the know", the worlds of early Christian gnosticism; On the road to Nicaea, the broad swath of proto-orthodox Christianity -- Winners and losers: Quest for orthodoxy; Arsenal of the conflicts, polemic treatises and personal slurs; Additional weapons in the polemic arsenal, forgeries and falsifications; Invention of scripture, the formation of the proto-orthodox New Testament; Winners, losers, and the question of tolerance.…”
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Jews, pagans, and Christians in conflict / by Rokeah, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Jewish factor in the polemic -- Recognition of God, revelation and religious myth -- Divine providence, the daemons and the election of Israel -- Culture and enslavement : the religious interference of human history -- Summary and conclusions.…”
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Why this new race : ethnic reasoning in early Christianity / by Buell, Denise Kimber, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Worshipers of so-called gods, Jews, and Christians: religion in ethnoracial discourses -- We were before the foundation of the world: appeals to the past in early Christian self-definition -- We quarried from the bowels of Christ, are the true Genos of Israel: Christian claims to peoplehood -- A Genos saved by nature: Ethnic reasoning as intra-Christian polemic -- From every race of humans: ethnic reasoning, conversion, and Christian universalism.…”
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Studies in exegesis : Christian critiques of Jewish law and rabbinic responses, 70-300 C.E. / by Basser, Herbert W.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; To the Reader; Introduction; PART I: The Jesus and Pharisee Debates; PART II: The Neighbor You Love and the Decalogue: Speculations on Some Textual Evidence for Early Jewish Polemics; PART III: Encounters between Rabbinic and Christian Texts; Appendix A: On the Antiquity of Some Rabbinic Ideas; Appendix B: Hebrew Original Sources for Some Texts Cited in PART III; Bibliography of Sources Cited; Citations Index.…”
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Christ, creation, and the vision of God : Augustine's transformation of early Christian theophany interpretation / by Kloos, Kari

Table of Contents: “…: the foundations and development of literal christological theophany exegesis. The polemical-doctrinal strand : identity and mediation -- The spiritual strand : vision and transformation -- Theophany interpretation and pro-Nicene theology -- pt. 2. …”
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Jewish-Christian interpretation of the Pentateuch in the pseudo-Clementine homilies / by Carlson, Donald H.

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Grace and the Will According to Augustine. by Karfíková, Lenka

Table of Contents: “…The Answer to Simplicianus and the Anti-Donatist Polemic; Part Three. "The Will is Prepared by the Lord" (411-430).…”
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The trinitarian theology of Hilary of Poitiers / by Weedman, Mark

Table of Contents: “…The shape of Hilary's trinitarian theology: Exegeting Scripture -- Strategy 1: polemical exegesis -- Arian, not Homoian -- Polemical exegesis of the Genesis theophanies -- Strategy 2: Philippians 2 as a hermeneutical guide -- The name and birth of God -- Name and birth in De trinitate 7 -- The birth of the Son in Hilary's exegesis of John -- Name and birth in Greek trinitarian theology -- Origen on naming -- Athanasius and the Father of the Son -- Name and birth in the early Homoian controversy -- The incarnation and passion of the Son -- Forma servi-forma dei in De trinitate 9-10 -- The background of Hilary's forma servi-forma dei model -- Philippians 2 in Latin trinitarian theology -- Basil of Ancyra on Philippians 2 -- The passion of the Son in De trinitate 10 -- Eschatology and christology in De trinitate 11 -- The generation of the Son -- Analogy and the infinite nature of God -- Proverbs 8:22 and the eternal generation of the Son.…”
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A rivalry of genius : Jewish and Christian biblical interpretation in late antiquity / by Hirshman, Marc G.

Table of Contents: “…Passover and the Exodus in Origen's Writings and Rabbinic MidrashimLove and Holiness: The Midrash on Song of Songs and Origen's Homilies -- The Midrash on Ecclesiastes and Jerome's Commentary -- Christian and Rabbinic Writings: An Overview -- Back Matter -- Epilogue -- Appendix One: Approaches to the Study of Midrash in Rabbinic and Christian Writings -- Appendix Two: Methodological Remarks on Polemics and Midrash -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index…”
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Grace for grace : the debates after Augustine and Pelagius /

Table of Contents: “…Les vers servant aux saints: Didactic Poetry and Anti-Heretical Polemic in the Carmen de Ingratis…”
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Reconsidering Eusebius : collected papers on literary, historical, and theological issues /

Table of Contents: “…Johnson -- Eusebius' polemic against Porphyry : a reassessment / Sébastien Morlet -- Eusebius' exegesis between Alexandria and Antioch : being a scholar in Caesarea (a test case from Questions to Stephanos I) / Claudio Zamagni -- Eusebius' Panegyric on the building of churches (HE 10.4.2-72) : aesthetics and the politics of Christian architecture / Jeremy M. …”
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Jewish-Christianity and the history of Judaism : collected essays / by Reed, Annette Yoshiko, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Five: Heresy, Minut, and the "Jewish-Christian" Novel -- The Homilies as Heresiology -- Histories of "Heresy" in the Homilies and Epiphanius -- Hellenism and Samaritanism as "Heretical" Paradigms -- Narrativized Polemics in the Homilies and Rabbinic Literature -- Heresiology, Identity, and Polemics -- Chapter Six: "Jewish-Christianity" as Counterhistory? …”
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