Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012

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• Tacitus the Epic Successor

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Timothy A. Joseph
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  • This book considers the Roman historian Tacitus’ (c. 55 – c. 120 C.E.) use of the language and narrative techniques of the epic poets, in particular Virgil and Lucan, for his presentation of the Roman civil wars of 68–70 C.E. in the Histories.

• Theoria, Praxis, and the Contemplative Life after Plato and Aristotle

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Thomas Bénatouïl; Mauro Bonazzi
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  • This volume deals with the appropriations, criticism and transformation of Plato’s and Aristotle’s positions about theory, practice and the contemplative life, including their epistemological and metaphysical foundations, from Theophrastus to the end of Antiquity (including Jewish and Christian authors).

• Treatise on Biblical Rhetoric

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Roland Meynet
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  • This book is a summary of the laws Biblical and Semitic rhetoric, which includes not only the Hebrew Bible and the Deuterocanonical books, but also the New Testament.