The Early Martyr Narratives : : Neither Authentic Accounts nor Forgeries /

The Early Martyr Narratives : : Neither Authentic Accounts nor Forgeries / / Éric Rebillard.

From Eusebius of Caesarea, who first compiled a collection of martyr narratives around 300, to Thierry Ruinart, whose Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta was published in 1689, the selection and study of early hagiographic narratives has been founded on an assumption that there existed documen...

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Rebillard, Éric,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2020]
©2021
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Note on Texts and Translations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Earliest Narratives and Their Reception
  • Chapter 2. Martyr Narratives and Court Recordings
  • Chapter 3. From Forgeries to Living Texts
  • Chapter 4. History, Fiction, Document, Testimony
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Introduction
  • Appendix A. Text and Translation of Aug. ep. 29*
  • Appendix B. Materials for a Synoptic Edition of the Acts of the Scilitan Martyrs
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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