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Cover 1 Series 3 Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Preface 10 Acknowledgements 22 Abbreviations 24 Part I Porphyry and the Quest for a Pagan Counterpart to Christian Universalism 46 1. Porphyry of Tyre: Life and Historical Context 48 2. Contextualizing a Porphyrian Soteriology 65 3. De Philosophia ex oraculis: Soteriological Structure and Contents 77 4. The Contra Christianos in the Context of Universalism 97 5. Eusebius and Porphyry: The Theophany 137 Part II The Historical and Cultural Context of Universalism 150 6. The Meaning of Salvation in a Greco-Roman Milieu 152 7. The Philosophia ex oraculis: A Tripartite Soteriological Universalism 171 8. Porphyry and Iamblichus 179 9. Eschatological Salvation 204 10. Historical Context: Caracalla to Constantine 232 11. Religious Universalism: Paganism and Christianity 243 12. Conclusions 255 Appendices I–VIII 272 Notes 314 Bibliography: Primary Sources 442 Bibliography: Secondary Sources 453 Index 524

Author

Simmons, Michael Bland;

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