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Dumbarton Oaks Studies
Early Christian and Byzantine Political Philosophy
Origins and Background
Francis Dvornik

In a series of lectures at Cambridge University in 1946, Professor Dvornik addressed the idea of kingship in the ancient Near East and its influence on Jewish, Greek, and Hellenistic political thought. The enthusiastic reception of these lectures encouraged the author toward broader and more intensive research, culminating in this volume, which extends discussion on the influence of Near Eastern and Greek political speculation into the early Christian and the Byzantine periods.