Skip navigation
Skip navigation

The Christian after-life of Seneca the younger: The first four hundred years

Stivala, Joan

Description

At the end of the fourth century A.D. an anonymous Christian author wrote fourteen letters, in Latin, in the form of a correspondence between St. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles, and the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger. This work of fiction was inspired in part by perceived similarities between Christian belief and Seneca's version of Stoicism. As far as Seneca is concerned the similarities are coincidental. The letters of St. Paul display evidence of Stoic influence, but that...[Show more]

CollectionsOpen Access Theses
Date published: 2009
Type: Thesis (PhD)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9765
DOI: 10.25911/5d78d9e77b569

Download

File Description SizeFormat Image
02Whole_Stivala.pdfWhole Thesis2.19 MBAdobe PDFThumbnail


Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Updated:  17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer:  University Librarian/ Page Contact:  Library Systems & Web Coordinator