Die in diesem Band erstmals vollstandig edierte Klemens-Biographie der griechischen Kirche ist aus der sogenannten Epitome prior der griechischen Pseudoklementinen, einem aus dem Lateinischen ubersetzten Martyrium Clementis und einem ursprunglich griechischen Miraculum Clementis vielleicht schon im funften, sicher vor dem zehnten Jahrhundert zusammengestellt worden. Sie nimmt in der komplexen Transformationsgeschichte der Pseudoklementinen eine Schlusselstellung ein, indem sie von der Dichtung zur Hagiographie uberleitet und die romanhafte Klemensgeschichte zur Grundlage biographischer...
Die in diesem Band erstmals vollstandig edierte Klemens-Biographie der griechischen Kirche ist aus der sogenannten Epitome prior der griechischen P...
Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating writer in a period of transition. Widely travelled, he belongs to the intellectual elite 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,...
Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating writer in a period of transition. Widely travelled, he belongs to the intellectual elite of the secon...
The series is devoted to Christian texts from the Greek-speaking parts of the ancient Roman Empire. Published since 1897 (first in Leipzig, then in Berlin) by the Royal Prussian Academy under the project Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller, which was continued by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, the series offers large critical editions accompanied by historical introductions and indices of those works that have not been included in other major editions. When complete, the series will provide complete coverage of the first three centuries.
The series is devoted to Christian texts from the Greek-speaking parts of the ancient Roman Empire. Published since 1897 (first in Leipzig, then in Be...
