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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.NicoleKelleyAstrology in the Pseudo-Clementine <i>Recognitions</i>http://syriaca.org/cbss/HVMX4RX7https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/HVMX4RX7https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/HVMX4RX7Journal of Ecclesiastical History59:42008607-629The Pseudo-Clementines contain a lengthy debate about astrology that stands in some literary relationship to Bardaisan's writings. Connections with earlier works are important, but the <i>Recognitions</i>' fourth-century Syrian context – much neglected by earlier scholarship – reveals why it devotes such a large amount of narrative space to a dialogue about astrology, fate and free will. This article argues that such material is more than just a remnant of the past carelessly appropriated by the Pseudo-Clementines. Astrology plays a crucial role in the <i>Recognitions</i>' polemical agenda, which reflects a complex rivalry between several groups in fourth-century Syria.
Kelley, Nicole. “Astrology in the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions.” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 59:4 (2008): 607–29.
Nicole Kelley, Astrology in the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions,” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 59:4 (2008): 607–29.BardesanI-III CEIII CEIV CENT apocryphaPseudo-Clementinesastrologypolemic