ENGLISH

Funerary Speech for John Chrysostom

By Timothy D. Barnes , George Bevan

Book information

Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
1846318874, 9781846318870
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2601323 bytes)
Series
Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians
Edition
1
Pages
193\207
Time added
2014-06-18 23:01:55

Description

This book offers the first English translation of the funerary speech for John Chyrsostom delivered by one of his former clergy in a city close to Constantinople in the autumn of 407 when news arrived of John's death on a forced march in eastern Asia Minor. The speech is the earliest and fullest account of John's activities as bishop of Constantinople between 397 and 404. It replaces the slightly later Historical Dialogue on John by Palladius as the prime source for John in Constantinople. The translators are both Late Roman Historians, and their introduction and notes illustrate the importance of this new text, which was first edited critically and published as recently as 2007.

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