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Biography in Late Antiquity: A Quest for the Holy Man
by Cox, Patricia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN 10
- 0520046129
- ISBN 13
- 9780520046122
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Lg. octavo. xvi,166pp. Black and red cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. "Using a general discussion of biography in Late Antiquity as a framework, the author studies the biographies of two "holy men" from the third century A.D., Eusebius's "Life of Origen" and Porphyry's "Life of Plotinus." Minor scuffing and staining on dj. Small closed tear on top edge of dj. Tight copy with dust jacket in very good, book in fine condition. Volume V of the series " The Transformation of the Classical Heritage."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26330
- Title
- Biography in Late Antiquity: A Quest for the Holy Man
- Author
- Cox, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520046129
- ISBN 13
- 9780520046122
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- religion, philosophy, christianity, ancient history, hellenistic philosophers, platonism, plotinus
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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