Epiphanius of Cyprus
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Epiphanius of Cyprus

A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity

  1. 350 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Epiphanius of Cyprus

A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity

About this book

Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus from 367 to 403 C.E., was incredibly influential in the last decades of the fourth century. Whereas his major surviving text (the Panarion, an encyclopedia of heresies) is studied for lost sources, Epiphanius himself is often dismissed as an anti-intellectual eccentric, a marginal figure of late antiquity. In this book, Andrew Jacobs moves Epiphanius from the margin back toward the center and proposes we view major cultural themes of late antiquity in a new light altogether. Through an examination of the key cultural concepts of celebrity, conversion, discipline, scripture, and salvation, Jacobs shifts our understanding of "late antiquity" from a transformational period open to new ideas and peoples toward a Christian Empire that posited a troubling, but ever-present, "otherness" at the center of its cultural production.

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Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780520291126
eBook ISBN
9780520964983

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. List of Abbreviations
  5. Introduction: Epiphanius, Now and Then
  6. 1. Celebrity
  7. 2. Conversion
  8. 3. Discipline
  9. 4. Scripture
  10. 5. Salvation
  11. 6. After Lives
  12. Conclusion
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

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