tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588247216777605704.post8601279450682795294..comments2023-04-05T08:04:07.514-04:00Comments on Bryn Mawr Classical Review: 2012.09.21Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588247216777605704.post-79899642719056713652012-09-19T08:02:59.019-04:002012-09-19T08:02:59.019-04:00As a supplement to my review, I would like to ment...As a supplement to my review, I would like to mention a couple of things, which have kindly been drawn to my attention by Professor Stéphane Ratti. The first is that Professor Ratti has suggested recently that the author of the 'Collatio' was in fact none other than Jerome, and that this text therefore represented a polemical argument for the greater antiquity of Christian legal and moral instructions, in comparison to those of pagan Roman jurists. For this interpretation, see 'Saint Jérôme est-il l'auteur de la "mosaicarum et romanarum legum collatio" ?' in S. Ratti, 'Antiquus error. Les ultimes feux de la résistance païenne', Brepols, 2010 (reviewed on BMCR here: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2011/2011-08-44.html ). The possibility of such an interpretation is something I touched upon in my review, although without having seen this chapter.<br /><br />Secondly, it should also be noted that, while Alan Cameron's recent criticism of the idea of a dramatic conflict between Christianity and paganism in the late fourth century has been well received by many, the acceptance of his views has certainly not been universal, as is illustrated by the epilogue to S. Ratti, 'Polémiques entre païens et chrétiens. Histoire', Paris, 2012 (reviewed on BMCR here: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012-05-44.html ).<br /><br />As these discussions demonstrate clearly, the issue of religious identity and its impact upon late Roman society, politics and literature is a subject that will, no doubt, remain at the forefront of scholarly debate for many years to come.Richard Flowerhttp://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/classics/staff/flower/noreply@blogger.com