History as a rhetorical instrument in Tertullian's Ad Nationes : a critical investigation / Beate Britz

This study traced Tertullian’s utilisation of history (or historical material) as a rhetorical instrument in one of his earliest works, the Ad Nationes. An in-depth analysis of the book identified this as a fundamental trajectory in the argument of Tertullian. The study casts a new perspective on th...

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Main Author: Britz, Beate
Language:en
Published: North-West University 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8528