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Pagans and Christians

Peter Burian and Bart Ehrman discuss paganism and Christianity during the early years of the Common Era. 535 – Pagans and Christians

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Notions of the Tragic in Western Literature, Part 4 of 4

Peter Burian, Eugene Falk, Peter Smith, and Robert ter Horst conclude their series on tragedy with this episode. They say that from antiquity through medieval, renaissance, and modern interpretations, conceptions of the tragic in Western literature have resisted specific definitions, … Continue reading

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Notions of the Tragic in Western Literature, Part 3 of 4

Peter Burian, Eugene Falk, Peter Smith, and Robert ter Horst discuss how literary and dramatic conceptions of tragedy in Western literature broadly connect to personal issues such as the family and religion and to wide cultural issues such as social classes, … Continue reading

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Notions of the Tragic in Western Literature, Part 2 of 4

Peter Burian, Eugene Falk, and Peter Smith discuss important continuities and divergences that connect ancient and modern conceptions of tragedy. Robert ter Horst joins the conversation by addressing how some of these notions of the tragic find literary and dramatic … Continue reading

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Notions of the Tragic in Western Literature, Part 1 of 4

Peter Burian, Eugene Falk, Peter Smith, and Robert ter Horst discuss ways in which modern understandings of tragedy are altogether different from notions of the tragic in ancient Greek drama.  Yet connections persist between conceptions of tragedy in antiquity and modernity. … Continue reading

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