Books by David Neal Greenwood
Routledge, 2024
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Late Antiquity was an era of remarkable change as beliefs were shaped and reshaped by the competing philosophies of traditional Greco-Roman religion, Middle and Neo-Platonist philosophy, and the theology of the early Church.
Current narratives of both peaceful competition and violent struggle between Christianity and paganism are reductive. The research presented in this Variorum volume, originally published between 2013 and 2018 in the fields of history, divinity, and philosophy, demonstrates the complexity of the age and provides a more complete picture of major actors including the emperor Julian, Porphyry of Tyre, and Celsus. From the second to the fourth centuries, these were some of the major players in attempting to define the terrain in the conflict between their philosophies and the Christian religion. While the timeframe remains consistently within the late second to the mid-fourth centuries A.D., the sources range between inscriptions, literature, and historical accounts. The particular focus is the emperor Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus, d. 363), a figure of perennial interest, as not only the last pagan emperor, but the last anti-Christian polemicist of real significance in antiquity.
This volume offers a new perspective on Julian, bringing together research from ancient history, Neo-Platonist philosophy, and patristic theology, and will be useful to students and scholars alike.
ISBN 9781032563893
Cambridge, 2022
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From the back cover:
This monograph uses the life and work of groundbreaking female classicist Wilmer Cave Wright to examine several questions about the rise of women in that discipline. First, what went into the creation of a classics scholar under circumstances that would seem to preclude that? Second, why was it arguably Wright’s time in Chicago that was her formative experience and period? Third, why did Wright want so desperately to leave Bryn Mawr, and then stay and pour herself into her students? Fourth, through what lens did she approach the evidence of classical literature, and did it make a difference? Fifth, how did Wright survive the Thomas years at Bryn Mawr? Sixth, why did she abruptly abandon her long-term project on Libanius of Antioch? Seventh, what led her to suddenly switch from classical Greek literature to translating medieval Latin medical texts? Wright's journey from Mason College to Girton College, Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and Bryn Mawr College is placed into historical context. Throughout, the significance of Wright’s work, particularly on the life of the Emperor Julian, is assessed. The author is a research fellow at the University of St Andrews, and the author of Julian and Christianity (Cornell) as well as numerous articles in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Classical Quarterly, and Classical Philology.
Table of Contents:
Front matter
1. Introduction
2. Sowing the Seeds of Scholarship (England, 1868-1892)
3. Chicago and The Teacher (1892-1896)
4. Of Monsters and Heroes (1897-1910)
5. Wars Foreign and Domestic (1910-1923)
6. Altering Course (1922-1951)
7. Character in Adversity (1933-1951)
Conclusion
End matter
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Cornell, 2021
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The Roman emperor Julian is a figure of ongoing interest and the subject of David Neal Greenwood's Julian and Christianity. This unique examination of Julian as the last pagan emperor and anti-Christian polemicist revolves around his drive and status as a ruler. Greenwood adeptly outlines the dramatic impact of Julian's short-lived regime on the course of history, with a particular emphasis on his relationship with Christianity.
Julian has experienced a wide-ranging reception throughout history, shaped by both adulation and vitriol, along with controversies and rumors that question his sanity and passive ruling. His connections to Christianity, however, are rooted in his regime's open hostility, which Greenwood shows is outlined explicitly in Oration 7: To the Cynic Heracleios. Greenwood's close reading of Oration 7 highlights not only Julian's extensive anti-Christian religious program and decided rejection of Christianity but also his brilliant, calculated use of that same religion. As Greenwood emphasizes in Julian and Christianity, these attributes were inextricably tied to Julian's relationship with Christianity—and how he appropriated certain theological elements from the religion for his own religious framework, from texts to deities.
Through his nuanced, detailed readings of Julian's writings, Greenwood brings together ancient history, Neoplatonist philosophy, and patristic theology to create an exceptional and thoughtful biography of the great Roman leader. As a result, Julian and Christianity is a deeply immersive look at Julian's life, one that considers his multifaceted rule and the deliberate maneuvers he made on behalf of political ascendancy.
"Saying something new about Roman emperor Julian is a difficult thing to do. Yet, David Neal Greenwood manages to do so in a well-researched, soundly argued, and compelling book" (Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of A Threat to Public Piety)
"Julian and Christianity offers a new and very refreshing approach to Julian as philosopher, practitioner of religion, devotee of the pagan gods, emperor, and tragic figure in the period immediately following Constantine's Christianization program." (Michael Bland Simmons, Auburn University at Montgomery, author of Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity)
"“both enjoyable and accessible to a large audience ... an impressive work of scholarship” (Journal of Theological Studies, 2022)
“an effective synthesis of the opposition to Christianity conducted by the emperor, which will not fail to interest the specialists of this author and of ancient anti-Christian polemics” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2022)
"Julian and Christianity is an insightful work." (The NYMAS Review)
"This book seeks to overcome a traditional and popular chronological reconstruction of the fourth-century Roman Emperor Julian's policies and writings, which assumed an initial phase of religious tolerance followed by increasing hostility toward Christianity. [S]everal of his observations and arguments will surely extend and enrich the debate over one of Rome's most controversial emperors." (Choice)
Peer-Reviewed Articles by David Neal Greenwood
Ancient Philosophy , 2023
I argue for the authenticity of a fragment found in Eusebius, PE i 2.2-5, and sometimes attribute... more I argue for the authenticity of a fragment found in Eusebius, PE i 2.2-5, and sometimes attributed to Porphyry of Tyre. I argue against the case for non-Porphyrian authorship that has become dominant in recent years, employing evidence that highlights congruity with generally accepted Porphyrian works. This allows me to move on to an initial reconstruction of Porphyry’s religious epistemology, and to assess what that means in his historical context.
British Art Journal, 2021
Classical Quarterly, 2019
Classical Philology, 2019.
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, 2018
Journal of Theological Studies, 2018
Classical Quarterly, 2017
Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2017
Translation and Literature, 2016
Classical Philology, May 7, 2014
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Dec 5, 2014
Anglican Theological Review, Nov 7, 2014
The Expository Times, Sep 2014
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Books by David Neal Greenwood
Late Antiquity was an era of remarkable change as beliefs were shaped and reshaped by the competing philosophies of traditional Greco-Roman religion, Middle and Neo-Platonist philosophy, and the theology of the early Church.
Current narratives of both peaceful competition and violent struggle between Christianity and paganism are reductive. The research presented in this Variorum volume, originally published between 2013 and 2018 in the fields of history, divinity, and philosophy, demonstrates the complexity of the age and provides a more complete picture of major actors including the emperor Julian, Porphyry of Tyre, and Celsus. From the second to the fourth centuries, these were some of the major players in attempting to define the terrain in the conflict between their philosophies and the Christian religion. While the timeframe remains consistently within the late second to the mid-fourth centuries A.D., the sources range between inscriptions, literature, and historical accounts. The particular focus is the emperor Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus, d. 363), a figure of perennial interest, as not only the last pagan emperor, but the last anti-Christian polemicist of real significance in antiquity.
This volume offers a new perspective on Julian, bringing together research from ancient history, Neo-Platonist philosophy, and patristic theology, and will be useful to students and scholars alike.
ISBN 9781032563893
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Steely-Eyed-Athena-by-David-Neal-Greenwood/9781913701420
From the back cover:
This monograph uses the life and work of groundbreaking female classicist Wilmer Cave Wright to examine several questions about the rise of women in that discipline. First, what went into the creation of a classics scholar under circumstances that would seem to preclude that? Second, why was it arguably Wright’s time in Chicago that was her formative experience and period? Third, why did Wright want so desperately to leave Bryn Mawr, and then stay and pour herself into her students? Fourth, through what lens did she approach the evidence of classical literature, and did it make a difference? Fifth, how did Wright survive the Thomas years at Bryn Mawr? Sixth, why did she abruptly abandon her long-term project on Libanius of Antioch? Seventh, what led her to suddenly switch from classical Greek literature to translating medieval Latin medical texts? Wright's journey from Mason College to Girton College, Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and Bryn Mawr College is placed into historical context. Throughout, the significance of Wright’s work, particularly on the life of the Emperor Julian, is assessed. The author is a research fellow at the University of St Andrews, and the author of Julian and Christianity (Cornell) as well as numerous articles in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Classical Quarterly, and Classical Philology.
Table of Contents:
Front matter
1. Introduction
2. Sowing the Seeds of Scholarship (England, 1868-1892)
3. Chicago and The Teacher (1892-1896)
4. Of Monsters and Heroes (1897-1910)
5. Wars Foreign and Domestic (1910-1923)
6. Altering Course (1922-1951)
7. Character in Adversity (1933-1951)
Conclusion
End matter
The Cambridge Philological Society is the publishing arm of Cambridge University's Faculty of Classics.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/julian-and-christianity-david-neal-greenwood/1137663214?ean=9781501755477
The Roman emperor Julian is a figure of ongoing interest and the subject of David Neal Greenwood's Julian and Christianity. This unique examination of Julian as the last pagan emperor and anti-Christian polemicist revolves around his drive and status as a ruler. Greenwood adeptly outlines the dramatic impact of Julian's short-lived regime on the course of history, with a particular emphasis on his relationship with Christianity.
Julian has experienced a wide-ranging reception throughout history, shaped by both adulation and vitriol, along with controversies and rumors that question his sanity and passive ruling. His connections to Christianity, however, are rooted in his regime's open hostility, which Greenwood shows is outlined explicitly in Oration 7: To the Cynic Heracleios. Greenwood's close reading of Oration 7 highlights not only Julian's extensive anti-Christian religious program and decided rejection of Christianity but also his brilliant, calculated use of that same religion. As Greenwood emphasizes in Julian and Christianity, these attributes were inextricably tied to Julian's relationship with Christianity—and how he appropriated certain theological elements from the religion for his own religious framework, from texts to deities.
Through his nuanced, detailed readings of Julian's writings, Greenwood brings together ancient history, Neoplatonist philosophy, and patristic theology to create an exceptional and thoughtful biography of the great Roman leader. As a result, Julian and Christianity is a deeply immersive look at Julian's life, one that considers his multifaceted rule and the deliberate maneuvers he made on behalf of political ascendancy.
"Saying something new about Roman emperor Julian is a difficult thing to do. Yet, David Neal Greenwood manages to do so in a well-researched, soundly argued, and compelling book" (Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of A Threat to Public Piety)
"Julian and Christianity offers a new and very refreshing approach to Julian as philosopher, practitioner of religion, devotee of the pagan gods, emperor, and tragic figure in the period immediately following Constantine's Christianization program." (Michael Bland Simmons, Auburn University at Montgomery, author of Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity)
"“both enjoyable and accessible to a large audience ... an impressive work of scholarship” (Journal of Theological Studies, 2022)
“an effective synthesis of the opposition to Christianity conducted by the emperor, which will not fail to interest the specialists of this author and of ancient anti-Christian polemics” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2022)
"Julian and Christianity is an insightful work." (The NYMAS Review)
"This book seeks to overcome a traditional and popular chronological reconstruction of the fourth-century Roman Emperor Julian's policies and writings, which assumed an initial phase of religious tolerance followed by increasing hostility toward Christianity. [S]everal of his observations and arguments will surely extend and enrich the debate over one of Rome's most controversial emperors." (Choice)
Peer-Reviewed Articles by David Neal Greenwood
Late Antiquity was an era of remarkable change as beliefs were shaped and reshaped by the competing philosophies of traditional Greco-Roman religion, Middle and Neo-Platonist philosophy, and the theology of the early Church.
Current narratives of both peaceful competition and violent struggle between Christianity and paganism are reductive. The research presented in this Variorum volume, originally published between 2013 and 2018 in the fields of history, divinity, and philosophy, demonstrates the complexity of the age and provides a more complete picture of major actors including the emperor Julian, Porphyry of Tyre, and Celsus. From the second to the fourth centuries, these were some of the major players in attempting to define the terrain in the conflict between their philosophies and the Christian religion. While the timeframe remains consistently within the late second to the mid-fourth centuries A.D., the sources range between inscriptions, literature, and historical accounts. The particular focus is the emperor Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus, d. 363), a figure of perennial interest, as not only the last pagan emperor, but the last anti-Christian polemicist of real significance in antiquity.
This volume offers a new perspective on Julian, bringing together research from ancient history, Neo-Platonist philosophy, and patristic theology, and will be useful to students and scholars alike.
ISBN 9781032563893
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Steely-Eyed-Athena-by-David-Neal-Greenwood/9781913701420
From the back cover:
This monograph uses the life and work of groundbreaking female classicist Wilmer Cave Wright to examine several questions about the rise of women in that discipline. First, what went into the creation of a classics scholar under circumstances that would seem to preclude that? Second, why was it arguably Wright’s time in Chicago that was her formative experience and period? Third, why did Wright want so desperately to leave Bryn Mawr, and then stay and pour herself into her students? Fourth, through what lens did she approach the evidence of classical literature, and did it make a difference? Fifth, how did Wright survive the Thomas years at Bryn Mawr? Sixth, why did she abruptly abandon her long-term project on Libanius of Antioch? Seventh, what led her to suddenly switch from classical Greek literature to translating medieval Latin medical texts? Wright's journey from Mason College to Girton College, Cambridge, the University of Chicago, and Bryn Mawr College is placed into historical context. Throughout, the significance of Wright’s work, particularly on the life of the Emperor Julian, is assessed. The author is a research fellow at the University of St Andrews, and the author of Julian and Christianity (Cornell) as well as numerous articles in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Classical Quarterly, and Classical Philology.
Table of Contents:
Front matter
1. Introduction
2. Sowing the Seeds of Scholarship (England, 1868-1892)
3. Chicago and The Teacher (1892-1896)
4. Of Monsters and Heroes (1897-1910)
5. Wars Foreign and Domestic (1910-1923)
6. Altering Course (1922-1951)
7. Character in Adversity (1933-1951)
Conclusion
End matter
The Cambridge Philological Society is the publishing arm of Cambridge University's Faculty of Classics.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/julian-and-christianity-david-neal-greenwood/1137663214?ean=9781501755477
The Roman emperor Julian is a figure of ongoing interest and the subject of David Neal Greenwood's Julian and Christianity. This unique examination of Julian as the last pagan emperor and anti-Christian polemicist revolves around his drive and status as a ruler. Greenwood adeptly outlines the dramatic impact of Julian's short-lived regime on the course of history, with a particular emphasis on his relationship with Christianity.
Julian has experienced a wide-ranging reception throughout history, shaped by both adulation and vitriol, along with controversies and rumors that question his sanity and passive ruling. His connections to Christianity, however, are rooted in his regime's open hostility, which Greenwood shows is outlined explicitly in Oration 7: To the Cynic Heracleios. Greenwood's close reading of Oration 7 highlights not only Julian's extensive anti-Christian religious program and decided rejection of Christianity but also his brilliant, calculated use of that same religion. As Greenwood emphasizes in Julian and Christianity, these attributes were inextricably tied to Julian's relationship with Christianity—and how he appropriated certain theological elements from the religion for his own religious framework, from texts to deities.
Through his nuanced, detailed readings of Julian's writings, Greenwood brings together ancient history, Neoplatonist philosophy, and patristic theology to create an exceptional and thoughtful biography of the great Roman leader. As a result, Julian and Christianity is a deeply immersive look at Julian's life, one that considers his multifaceted rule and the deliberate maneuvers he made on behalf of political ascendancy.
"Saying something new about Roman emperor Julian is a difficult thing to do. Yet, David Neal Greenwood manages to do so in a well-researched, soundly argued, and compelling book" (Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of A Threat to Public Piety)
"Julian and Christianity offers a new and very refreshing approach to Julian as philosopher, practitioner of religion, devotee of the pagan gods, emperor, and tragic figure in the period immediately following Constantine's Christianization program." (Michael Bland Simmons, Auburn University at Montgomery, author of Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity)
"“both enjoyable and accessible to a large audience ... an impressive work of scholarship” (Journal of Theological Studies, 2022)
“an effective synthesis of the opposition to Christianity conducted by the emperor, which will not fail to interest the specialists of this author and of ancient anti-Christian polemics” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2022)
"Julian and Christianity is an insightful work." (The NYMAS Review)
"This book seeks to overcome a traditional and popular chronological reconstruction of the fourth-century Roman Emperor Julian's policies and writings, which assumed an initial phase of religious tolerance followed by increasing hostility toward Christianity. [S]everal of his observations and arguments will surely extend and enrich the debate over one of Rome's most controversial emperors." (Choice)