Silanus, the Christian (1906 Abbott), novel

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Silanus, the Christian is a novel by Edwin A. Abbott.

Editions and translations

Published in 1906.

Abstract

Fictional autobiography of a Stoic philosopher, pupil of Epictetus, who converts to Christianity at the time of Hadrian, around 118 CE. Last of three novels on Christian origins by the author. Preceded by Philochristus (1878) and Onesimus, Christ's Freedman (1882