Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.23.1, pp. 3-58
 
'Antike und Christentum': Towards a Definition of the Field
A Bibliographical Survey
by Edwin A. Judge, North Ryde, N.S.W.

Contents

I. The Work of FRANZ JOSEPH DÖLGER 4
II. The 'Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum' 8
III. The Viewpoint of the Present Survey 14
IV. Some General Treatments of Antike und Christentum 18
V. The Ancient Authors and their Work 20

1. The Period of the Julio-Claudians and the Flavians

20

2. The Period of the Antonines and the Sever

22

3. The Years of Crisis (235-312)

27

4. The Age of Constantine

28

5. The Age of Theodosius

30

6. The Collapse of Roman Power in the West (410-476)

35

7. The Twilight of Classical and Patristic Culture

39
VI. The Apparatus of Literary Culture 41

1. Education and its Methods

41

2. Books and Language

42

3. Genre, Form, Figure, and Topos

43

4. Citation and Exegesis of the Classics and the Bible

45
VII. The Intellectual Tradition and Ethical Ideas 47

1. The Metaphysical Conditions of Human Action

47

2. The Physical World and Man's Reaction

49

3. Human Society and Ethical Behaviour

50
VIII. Institutions of the Social Order . 51

1. Marital Society and its Rejection

51

2. Labour and Property, Wealth and Poverty

53

3. Community and Conflict in Church and Society

54

4. The Social Position of the Church at Different Times and Places

55
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