Scourfield, David (1986) Jerome, Antioch, and the Desert: A Note on Chronology. Journal of Theological Studies, 37 (1). pp. 117-121. ISSN 0022-5185

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If gent, and inc. are a catechetical work, as Petterson says, they offer a catechesis tailor-made for a community in which Arian instruction might also be available. Athanasius may be trying to replace earlier catechetical treatises which were not proof against Arian manipulation with new ones which were. Then not 'the scarcity of books at the time'10 but the lack of books containing a prophylactic against Arian teaching would have led to the writing of our two treatises, and the much-discussed reference in gent. 1 to not having his teachers' books at hand would be merely a graceful excuse for his writing the books which he was determined to write anyway

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Jerome; Antioch; Desert; Chronology;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Ancient Classics
Item ID:	12896
Depositing User:	Professor David Scourfield
Date Deposited:	15 May 2020 12:02
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Theological Studies
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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