Brad Boswell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1483682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brad Boswell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brad |
| FAMILY NAME | Boswell |
| SIGNATURE | BOSWELL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Samford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6247-9163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ranking Pagans
In this article I call attention to a twofold pattern of ranking pagans that is epiphenomenal to the structure of books 1–10 of Augustine’s City of God, and evident when we attend to Augustine’s assessment of intellectual claims by certain pagans in combination with his moral evaluation of them. On the one hand, Augustine begins with those who have the most serious errors and progresses through representatives who come closer to the truth, arrivi…
Emperor Julian and Polemical Exemplarity in Against the Galileans
This article treats several fragments from Emperor Julian's Against the Galileans that mention the ancient Jewish king Solomon and John the Evangelist. Analysis of Julian's brief treatment of these two characters reveals several features about Julian's wider argumentation in Against the Galileans: his sophisticated engagement with Christian Scriptures, including attempts to get behind the text to its compositional context (a new strategy in the h…
Henrik Ibsen, Emperor Julian, and the crisis of faith in modernity
Although it is one of his lesser known and performed plays, Henrik Ibsen considered Emperor and Galilean to be his Hovedverk—his ‘main’ or ‘pivotal’ work—in which he finally presented his positive worldview. It remains comparatively little studied in scholarship, though one scholar has recently argued that it is the key to unlocking his entire corpus. The present study builds upon past scholarship uncovering the works Ibsen drew upon in writing t…
Julian the Apostate and the Πιστις of Abraham
In his brief comments on the Abraham-episodes of Genesis 15:1–11, Emperor Julian the Apostate indirectly attacks the apostle Paul's interpretation that Abraham exhibited πίστις as a justifying ‘faith’. Through a close reading of the biblical text, he interprets Abraham as, rather, receiving a divine πίστις— a ‘pledge’ or ‘confirming sign’—during two theurgical rituals. Although modern scholars have overlooked Julian's subtle argument, Cyril of Al…
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Henrik Ibsen, Emperor Julian, and the crisis of faith in modernity
Although it is one of his lesser known and performed plays, Henrik Ibsen considered Emperor and Galilean to be his Hovedverk—his ‘main’ or ‘pivotal’ work—in which he finally presented his positive worldview. It remains comparatively little studied in scholarship, though one scholar has recently argued that it is the key to unlocking his entire corpus. The present study builds upon past scholarship uncovering the works Ibsen drew upon in writing t…
Julian the Apostate and the Πιστις of Abraham
In his brief comments on the Abraham-episodes of Genesis 15:1–11, Emperor Julian the Apostate indirectly attacks the apostle Paul's interpretation that Abraham exhibited πίστις as a justifying ‘faith’. Through a close reading of the biblical text, he interprets Abraham as, rather, receiving a divine πίστις— a ‘pledge’ or ‘confirming sign’—during two theurgical rituals. Although modern scholars have overlooked Julian's subtle argument, Cyril of Al…
Ranking Pagans
In this article I call attention to a twofold pattern of ranking pagans that is epiphenomenal to the structure of books 1–10 of Augustine’s City of God, and evident when we attend to Augustine’s assessment of intellectual claims by certain pagans in combination with his moral evaluation of them. On the one hand, Augustine begins with those who have the most serious errors and progresses through representatives who come closer to the truth, arrivi…
Emperor Julian and Polemical Exemplarity in Against the Galileans
This article treats several fragments from Emperor Julian's Against the Galileans that mention the ancient Jewish king Solomon and John the Evangelist. Analysis of Julian's brief treatment of these two characters reveals several features about Julian's wider argumentation in Against the Galileans: his sophisticated engagement with Christian Scriptures, including attempts to get behind the text to its compositional context (a new strategy in the h…
Ancient history (3 works) · Emperor (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Faith (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)