Iulius Africanus Chronographiae: The Extant Fragments

Iulius Africanus

Published by De Gruyter 2007

Iulius Africanus Chronographiae

The Extant Fragments

Iulius Africanus
Edited by: Martin Wallraff
In collaboration with: Umberto Roberto and Karl Pinggéra
Translated by: William Adler

Volume N.F. 15 in the series Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110894172

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About this book

Iulius Africanus has rightly been called the "Father of Christian Chronography". His world chronicle is one of the few works of Christian literature pioneering a new genre. Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages mainly articulated their reflection on history in the form of the world chronicle. The work has not been preserved in its entirety; the extant fragments have to be laboriously pieced together from the works of later authors. To date, there has not been a critical edition of this material, and the edition in use today dates back nearly 200 years (J.M. Routh 1814).

This new edition in the GCS series closes an old gap in the programme of this series - and at the same time marks a new beginning, because this is the first edition ever in this series to be published with an English translation. The edition establishes a completely new foundation for our knowledge of Early Christian historical thinking, and in addition provides an important component in our understanding of an important epoch, the "Imperial Crisis" of the 3rd century, in which the new world of Late Antiquity began to develop out of the Hellenic-Roman heritage.

Author / Editor information

Martin Wallraff, University of Basel, Switzerland; William Adler, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Umberto Roberto, Università di Roma, Rome, Italy; Karl Pinggéra, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.

Reviews

"Martin Walraff and his team are to be congratulated for producing an absolutely first-rate edition of the fragments of the Chronograhiae. It sets a new standard for the ‛state of the art’ in such work.
Alden A. Mosshammer in: Gnomon 7.80/2009

"Zusammenfassend sei der vorliegende Sammelband alleine schon deshalb zur Lektüre empfohlen, weil der Leser Einblick in einige derzeit laufende oder jüngst abgeschlossene Editionsprojekte bekommt."
Marcus Sigismund in: Gymnasium 5/2008

"Insgesamt liegt uns nun mit dieser neuen Edition der Chronographiae ein Werk vor, das größte Bewunderung verdient. Die Textmenge ist im Vergleich zur Ausgabe Rouths auf etwa das Doppelte angestiegen und umfasst nun 100 Fragmente. Diese mustergültig zugänglich gemacht zu haben, ist das bleibende Verdienst der Herausgeber unter der Leitung von Wallraff."
Alexander Weiß in: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensionen/2008-2-054

"Der eindruckvolle Band schließt mit einem ausführlichen Stellenindex."
Robert Rollinger in: Anzeiger für die Altertumswissenschaft 1-2/2007

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Iulius Africanus, Chronographiae
Testimonia on the Life of Iulius Africanus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	2
Testimonia on General Aspects of the Chronographiae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Material from Books 1/2: From Adam to Moses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Material from Book 3: From Moses to the First Olympiad F50-T49 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
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Material from Books 4/5: From the First Olympiad to the End of the Chronographiae F65-T77 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
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Indices
1. Index textuum adhibitorum et locorum citatorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
2. Index nominum propriorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
3. Comparatio numerorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	348
Appendix: The Chronological System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, Greek
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 89
- Main content: 352
Keywords: Chronicle; Early Christianity; Historiography; Church Historiography; Fathers of the Church

eBook

Published: March 1, 2011
ISBN: 9783110894172

Hardcover

Published: September 17, 2007
ISBN: 9783110194937