The Gaza Triad refers collectively to
Aeneas of Gaza
Aeneas of Gaza (d. ''c.'' 518) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher and a convert to Christianity who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. In a dialogue entitled ''Theophrastus,'' he alludes to Hierocles of Alexandria as his teacher, and in ...
,
Procopius of Gaza
Procopius of Gaza ( 465–528 AD) was a Christian sophist and rhetorician, one of the most important representatives of the famous school of his native place.Vikan, Gary, Alexander Kazhdan, and Zvi 'Uri Ma῾oz. "Gaza." In ''The Oxford Dictionar ...
and
Zacharias Scholasticus. The three were sixth century Christian theologians from
Gaza
Gaza may refer to:
Places Palestine
* Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip
** Gaza Governorate, a governorate in the Gaza Strip Lebanon
* Ghazzeh, a village in ...
. Aeneas (died c. 518) was a Christian neo-platonist who defended the Christian doctrine of the resurrection against pagan attacks. Procopius (465-528) wrote biblical commentaries in
catena form. Zacharius (died c. 540) was a philosopher and early church historian.
References
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*Matthew Bunson, editor
Encyclopedia of Catholic History article on Aeneas of Gaza
Further reading
Aeneas of Gaza, Theophrastus, transl. by John Dillon and Donald Russell. With Zacharias of Mytilene, Ammonius, transl. by Sebastian Gertz coll. Ancient commentators on Aristotle, London, Bristol Classical Press, 2012.
* Downey, R. (1963). ''Gaza in the Sixth Century''. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
External links
Asceticism and Christological Controversy in Fifth Century Palestineby Cornelia B. Horn.
Eastern Orthodox theologians
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