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Written after the middle of the 2nd century CE by an educated Christian, Tatian's 'Address to the...

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In the second half of the fourth century, an unknown author created a correspondence between Sene...

Diatribe IV 1peri eleutherias is one of the most compact (and at the same time one of the longest...

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The textMiqsat Ma ase Ha-Torah, Some of the Works of the Torah (4QMMT), is one of the most intere...

Is there any point in praying? In one of his philosophical lectures, Maximus of Tyre turns to the...