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Surrogate fathers: imaginary dialogue and patristic culture in late antiquity
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Christians in late antiquity did much of their best debating in their opponents’ absence. As a mode of polemical argumentation, imaginary dialogue is ubiquitous in late-antique Christian literature. Disputants were prone to reinvent rivals in the texts they wrote against them. The refutation of heretical opponents entailed imagining (and deviously mischaracterising) their views, before delivering a response. Virtual dialogue was thus the essential mode of polemical exegesis: he/they say this ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted manuscript
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- 10.1111/emed.12184
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Early Medieval Europe Journal website
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 19–37
- Publication date:
- 2017-01-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-10-07
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1468-0254
- Pubs id:
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pubs:648407
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uri:d843088b-472d-4cfb-8ea4-570e98303fff
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- 2017
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- © 2017 John Wiley and Sons Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12184
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- CC BY-NC-ND
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