Martin Wallraff

Julius Africanus (3rd cent.) has been called the “Father of Christian Chronography” – the exact calculation of dates and ages (such as the date of the Incarnation, and indirectly also of the end of the world). At the same time, however, he also presents the beginnings of a Christian universal history (Universal Chronicle), a genre which decisively influenced the historical thinking of both Orient and Occident over hundreds of years. The present studies open up this literature – some of which is virtually inaccessible – and make significant contributions to research into Latin, Greek and Oriental representations of the genre of universal chronicle.

Julius Africanus und die christliche Weltchronistik

Laura Mecella

As an accompaniment to the corpus of the Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller (GCS), Adolf von Harnack created the monograph series Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur (TU) in 1882, which from that time on served as an archive for the ... editions of older Christian writers.

Die Kestoi des Julius Africanus und ihre Überlieferung

A 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 examines the work, which survives only in fragments, along with its somewhat complicated reception, thus closing a gap in current research.

Silvana Seidel Menchi

Kaspar von Greyerz

In 1516, Erasmus of Rotterdam's version of the New Testament, featuring the editio princeps of the Greek text, a revised Latin translation and comprehensive annotations, was published by Johann Froben in Basel. The edition proved to be of great significance for the history of scholarship and books. This volume is based on a conference held in Basel in anticipation of the first edition's forthcoming 500th anniversary. Contributions by 15 internationally acknowledged specialists provide a comprehensive overview of the latest research results on this epochal edition. Contributors: Patrick Andrist, Marie Barral-Baron, Andrew J. Brown, Christine Christ-von Wedel, Ignacio Garcinilla, Kaspar von Greyerz, Sundar Henny, August den Hollander, Jan Krans, Greta Kroeker, Miekske van Poll-van de Lisdonk, Erika Rummel, Valentina Sebastiani, Silvana Seidel Menchi, Mark Vessey, Martin Wallraff

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