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Gelehrte zwischen Humanismus und Reformation
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 35.00The University of Basel was founded in 1460 on the basis of a privilege from Pope Pius II. As a young man, this pope had spent several years in the town and felt a strong affinity with it throughout his life. This volume begins with an examination of this prominent humanist and describes the contexts of the founding of the university in a series of... more...
Kodex und Kanon
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 28.00Christianity and the book ? this is hardly a superficial relationship. Their histories date back to about the same period: the rise of Christianity and the widespread adoption of the codex both occurred in Late Antiquity. There are also substantive connections, for Christianity was quick to put the new medium to use ? and for its part, the codex had... more...
Chrysostomosbilder in 1600 Jahren
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 210.00The Church Father John Chrysostom died 1600 years ago. Hardly any Christian from Antiquity has done more to form the identity of the most varied church traditions right up to the present day. While Protestants honour him as a preacher (hence the honorific Chrysostomos? ?Golden-mouthed?), the Orthodox Churches know him as the progenitor of their Sunday... more...
Die Kestoi des Julius Africanus und ihre Überlieferung
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00A new form of organizing knowledge was adopted during the time of the Roman Empire, with works such as the Cesti of Julius Africanus (3rd century AD) playing a central role in the process. It records areas of knowledge that appear disparate from a modern point of view. They include magic, medicine, the military, agriculture and poetry. This volume... more...
Iulius Africanus Chronographiae
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 182.00The book presents for the first time a critical edition of all the extant fragments of the Chronographiae by Iulius Africanus. This work is the first Christianworld chronicle ? a wide-ranging attempt to combine Classical Hellenistic historiography with the Jewish Hebrew heritage and integrate them into a Christian world-view. more...
Cesti
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 182.00Iulius 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... more...
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