Epiphanius of Cyprusoffers the first complete biography in English of Epiphanius, lead bishop of Cyprus in the late fourth century CE and author of thePanarion, a massive encyclopedia of heresies. Imagining himself a defender of orthodoxy, he became an active heresy-hunter, involving himself in the most significant theological and ecclesiastical debates of his day.
Young Richard Kim studies the bishop as a historical person and a self-constructed persona, as mediated within the pages of thePanarion. Kim s micro-readings of thePanarionpresent a close look at...