{"product_id":"cyril-of-alexandria-matthew-r-crawford-9781108485692","title":"Cyril of Alexandria: Against Julian","description":"In 362\/363 the Roman emperor Julian composed a treatise titled Against the Galileans in which he set forth his reasons for abandoning Christianity and returning to devotion to the traditional Greco-Roman deities. Sixty years later Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, composed a response. His resulting treatise Against Julian would dwarf the size of Julian's original work and in fact serves as our primary source for the fragments of it that have survived. Julian's treatise was the most sophisticated critique of Christianity to have been composed in antiquity and Cyril's rebuttal was equally learned. The Christian bishop not only responded directly to Julian's own words but drew upon a wide range of ancient literature, including poetry, history, philosophy, and religious works to undermine the emperor's critiques of the Christian Bible and bolster the intellectual legitimacy of Christian belief and practice. This is the first full translation of the work into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew R. Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108485693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108485692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.44d","brand":"Matthew R. Crawford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47452670001407,"sku":"9781108485692","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8cf5202-1d41-40fa-8a09-cf03d0cc5b6e.jpg?v=1761929819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cyril-of-alexandria-matthew-r-crawford-9781108485692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}