Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovations (Hellenic Studies Series): 60 - Softcover

Aaron Johnson; Jeremy Schott Eds

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674073290 ISBN 13: 9780674073296

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Eusebius of Caesarea was one of the most significant and voluminous contributors to the development of late antique literary culture. Despite his significance, Eusebius has tended to receive attention more as a source for histories of early Christianity and the Constantinian empire than as a writer and thinker in his own right. He was a compiler and copyist of pagan and Christian texts, collator of a massive chronographical work, commentator on scriptural texts, author of apologetic, historical, educational, and biographical works, and custodian of one of the greatest libraries in the ancient world. As such, Eusebius merits a primary place in our appreciation of the literary culture of late antiquity for both his self-conscious conveyance of multiple traditions and his fostering of innovative literary and intellectual trajectories. By focusing on the full range of Eusebius's literary corpus, the collection of essays in Eusebius of Caesarea offers new and innovative studies that will change the ways classicists, theologians, and ancient historians think about this major figure.

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About the Author

Aaron Johnson is Assistant Professor of Humanities and Classics at Lee University. Jeremy Schott is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674073290
• ISBN 13: 9780674073296
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500