{"product_id":"development-of-the-idea-of-history-in-antiquity","title":"Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity","description":"An extensive scholarly literature, written in the past century holds that in ancient Greek and Roman thought history is understood as circular and repetitive - a consequence of their anti-temporal metaphysics - in contrast with Judaeo-Christian thought, which sees history as linear and unique - a consequence of their messianic and hence radically temporal theology. Gerald Press presents a more general view - that the Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian cultures were fundamentally alien and opposed cultural forces and that, therefore, Christianity's victory over paganism included the replacement or supersession of one intellectual world by another - and then shows that, contrary to this view, there was substantial continuity between \"pagan\" and Christian ideas of history in antiquity, rather than a striking opposition between cyclic and linear patterns. He finds that the foundation of the Christian view of history as goal-directed lies in the rhetorical rather than the theological motives of early Christian writers.","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54228860469592,"sku":"9780773510029","price":112.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780773510029.jpg?v=1777122936","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/development-of-the-idea-of-history-in-antiquity","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}