Download or read book Cesti written by Iulius Africanus, Sextus and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating intellectual in a period of transition. Author of the first Christian world chronicle (Chronographiae), he also wrote a comprehensive and multifaceted manual of many fields of knowledge, where the religious character is open to debate. The preserved fragments of the Cesti treat military, technical, medical and many other topics. These texts are presented in an entirely new critical edition, based on a thorough analysis of all channels of transmission. The edition is accompanied by notes and a new English translation.

Download or read book Iulius Africanus Chronographiae written by Iulius Africanus and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iulius Africanus has rightly been called the "Father of Christian Chronography". His world chronicle is one of the few works of Christian literature pioneering a new genre. Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages mainly articulated their reflection on history in the form of the world chronicle. The work has not been preserved in its entirety; the extant fragments have to be laboriously pieced together from the works of later authors. To date, there has not been a critical edition of this material, and the edition in use today dates back nearly 200 years (J.M. Routh 1814). This new edition in the GCS series closes an old gap in the programme of this series - and at the same time marks a new beginning, because this is the first edition ever in this series to be published with an English translation. The edition establishes a completely new foundation for our knowledge of Early Christian historical thinking, and in addition provides an important component in our understanding of an important epoch, the "Imperial Crisis" of the 3rd century, in which the new world of Late Antiquity began to develop out of the Hellenic-Roman heritage.

Download or read book Cesti The Extant Fragments Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller Der Ersten Jahrhunderte written by Sextus Julius Africanus and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iulius Africanus has rightly been called the "Father of Christian Chronography". His world chronicle is one of the few works of Christian literature pioneering a new genre. Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages mainly articulated their reflection on history in the form of the world chronicle. The work has not been preserved in its entirety; the extant fragments have to be laboriously pieced together from the works of later authors. To date, there has not been a critical edition of this material, and the edition in use today dates back nearly 200 years (J.M. Routh 1814). This new edition in the GCS series closes an old gap in the programme of this series - and at the same time marks a new beginning, because this is the first edition ever in this series to be published with an English translation. The edition establishes a completely new foundation for our knowledge of Early Christian historical thinking, and in addition provides an important component in our understanding of an important epoch, the "Imperial Crisis" of the 3rd century, in which the new world of Late Antiquity began to develop out of the Hellenic-Roman heritage.

Download or read book Cesti written by Iulius Africanus and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating writer in a period of transition. Widely travelled, he belongs to the intellectual élite of the second sophistic. His two main works present a similar encyclopedic approach, but very different contents. He can be considered the “father of Christian chronography”, since he authored the first Christian world chronicle (Chronographiae). However, he also wrote a comprehensive and multifaceted manual of many fields of knowledge, where the religious character is open to debate. The preserved fragments of the Cesti treat military, technical, medical and many other topics. These texts are presented in an entirely new critical edition. The transmission of the texts as well as questions of authenticity are highly complex. Compared to the previous edition (Vieillefond 1970), considerable progress has been reached in terms of both, quantity and quality of the material. Hitherto unknown texts have been included, and in the case of dubious authorship all necessary information is provided for a realistic picture of the transmission. In the introduction, all relevant channels of transmission are discussed. The edition is accompanied by notes and a new English translation.

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Download or read book The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture written by Monika Amsler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new theory of the Talmud's formation based on comparison with late antique intellectual and material standards of book production.

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Download or read book Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte Vol 2 written by Clemens Alexandrinus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte, Vol. 2: Herausgegeben von der Kirchenvater-Commission der Konigl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Da die Handschrift der Stromata, von denen der vorliegende Band Buch I VI enthalt, bereits in der Einleitung des I. Bandes p. XXXIX bis XLII beschrieben wurde, ist dem Texte nur wenig vorauszuschicken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte Vol 3 written by Preussischen Akademie De Wissenschaften and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte, Vol. 3: Origenes Uber die Abfusungszeit wie den Entstehungsort' der J eremia homilien haben wir keine Nachricht. Wir sind auf Notizen innerhalb der Schriften des Origenes, besonders der Jeremiahomilien selbst ange wiesen, um ihr absolutes Alter oder doch wenigstens ihre Stellung in der Reihenfolge von Origenes' Werken amzumachen. Sicher ist, dass Origenes bereits Presbyter (horn. S. Und 8. Und ein weit beruhmter und angefeindeter (rom. S. E. S. Und vielleicht 8. Ff.) Mann war, als er sie hielt. Abge schlossen waren sicher seine homiletischen Erklarungen zu den Psal men, vgl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte Vol 2 written by Preussischen Akademie De Wissenschaften and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte, Vol. 2: Epiphanius Nach langer Unterbrechung habe ich nun den zweiten Band dieser Ausgabe zu Ende fuhren konnen. Bogen 1 - 20 waren bereits im Juli 1916 abgesetztf Ich habe die Aushangebogen mehrfach an Freunde verliehen; sie sind daher schon bisher in wissenschaftlichen Abband lungen benutzt worden. Ob ich das Werk im gleichen Stil wie seither, ob ich es uberhaupt werde fortsetzen konnen, wird mit davon abhangen, wie die in diesen Tagen zur Verhandlung stehenden groen politischen Fragen entschieden werden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller Der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte Vol 2 written by Eusebius Eusebius and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller Der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte, Vol. 2: Zweiter Teil About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte Vol 1 written by Preussischen Akademie De Wissenschaften and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der Ersten Drei Jahrhunderte, Vol. 1: Origenes Celsus gehorte, wie die Fragmente seiner Schrift beweisen, zu den gebildetsten Mannern seiner Zeit. Die alten Historiker, Dichter und Philosophen sind ihm wohlbekannt, besonders vertraut zeigt er sich aber mit den Werken Plato's; ferner ist seine Sprache meist rein attisch und immer original und treffend. Origenes hatte schon deshalb keine leichte Aufgabe, aber er filhlte sich seinem Gegner in genauer Kenntnis der griechischen Litteratur und des griechischen Altertums gewachsen. Von Geburt ein Grieche, war erzuerst von seinem Vater Leonidas, dann von andern alexandrinimhen Lehrern in den griechischen Schulwissen schaftenl unterwiesen worden und hatte es durch Lerneifer und unaus gesetztes Selbststudium bald dahin gebracht, dass er als Lehrer der sogenannten encyklischen Wissenschaften seinen Unterhalt verdienen2 und eine ganz bedeutende Wirksamkeit entfalten konnte. Redepenning3 hebt mit Recht die Kraft und Vielseitigkeit seines Geistes hervor, die ihn befahigte, die verschiedensten Gebiete des Wissens zu durchmessen und aus allen das Wichtige und Wesentliche zu enflehnen. In dem Werk gegen Celsus bietet sich ofter als in andern Schriften des Ori genes Gelegenheit, den Umfang seines Wissens festzustellen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic written by Daniel S. Richter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of the Second Sophistic is a relative newcomer to the Anglophone field of classics, and much of what characterizes it temporally and culturally remains a matter of legitimate contestation. This Handbook offers a diversity of scholarly voices that attempt to define the state of this developing field. Included are chapters that offer practical guidance on the wide range of valuable textual materials that survive, many of which are useful or even core to inquiries of particularly current interest (e.g., gender studies, cultural history of the body, sociology of literary culture, history of education and intellectualism, history of religion, political theory, history of medicine, cultural linguistics, intersection of the classical traditions and early Christianity).

Download or read book As the Bandit Will I Confess You written by Mark G. Bilby and published by Brepols / University of Strasbourg. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the so-called Good Thief as found in Lc 23, 39-43 has a vibrant and diverse afterlife in early Christianity. Synoptic and eschatological disparities raise concerns and provoke a variety of harmonizations. Controversies notwithstanding, early interpreters occupy themselves most of all with the episode's potential for exhortation as they identify themselves and their hearers with the good bandit. He becomes a model of Christian practices, beliefs and virtues including worship, faith (even Nicea's formulation), justification by faith, conversion, catechesis, confession, martyrdom, baptism (in many modes), endurance, asceticism, simplicity of language, penitence, and last-minute salvation. A wide variety of typological readings fashion the bandit as the first to return to paradise and even a key participant in the pivotal moment of salvation-history. By around the late 4th century, the episode becomes a standard Good Friday lectionary reading and sermon topic in the East.

Download or read book On Theriac to Piso Attributed to Galen written by Robert Leigh and published by Brill Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Leigh offers a critical edition with translation into English, commentary and introduction of the pharmacological treatise On Theriac to Pisotraditionally attributed to Galen, and reviews the evidence as to the validity of the attribution to Galen.

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