Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs

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Éric Rebillard (Professor of Classics and History, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Cornell University)

Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs

Éric Rebillard (Professor of Classics and History, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Cornell University)

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Oxford University Press
22 August 2019

Biography: religious & spiritual; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; The Early Church

Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts

Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs provides a collection, with facing-page translations, of Greek and Latin Christian martyr narratives dating from the first four centuries CE. While Herbert Musurillo's authoritative collection The Acts of the Martyrs (1972) aimed to gather the most 'authentic' and 'reliable' accounts of early Christian martyrdom, Éric Rebillard argues that modern scholarship instead calls for texts which attest to the contexts in which the memories of the martyrs were constructed. As such, this extensive volume provides a textual basis for the study of martyr narratives without making assumptions about their date of composition or their authenticity. It focuses on the ancient martyrs executed before 260, and examines which of their texts was known to Eusebius or to Augustine. Introductions describe the hagiographical dossier of each martyr with crucial information about the manuscript tradition of the different texts and provide a terminus ante quem for their composition based only on external evidence.

Edited by: Éric Rebillard (Professor of Classics and History Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Professor of Classics and History Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Cornell University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9780198848875
ISBN 10: 0198848870
Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 22 August 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Éric Rebillard is Professor of Classics and History, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, at Cornell University

Reviews for Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs

Rebillard is to be commended for such erudite examinations of the textual histories of these narratives and for translations that should become the new standard for these martyr accounts. * L. Stephanie Cobb, Church History *