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List of contents
PART 1: Introduction; 1. Stone, Story, and Scholarship: Introducing Abercius; 2. Chronology and Context: Historical considerations; 3. Doctrine and Discourse: The Christocentric version; 4. A Model Metaphrasis: The Hagiocentric version; 5. Tomb Terminology: The Epigraphic version; 6. Curious and Concise: The Epitome and Synaxarion; 7. Reconstructing a Reading: The Inscription text; 8. Tracing Traditions: Twenty-nine manuscripts; 9. A Broader Base: Critical text and apparatus; 10. Style, Scholars, and Sectioning: English translations; PART 2: The Texts—Greek and English; 1. The Christocentric version; 2. The Hagiocentric version; 3. The Epigraphic version; 4. The Epitome; 5. The Synaxarion; 6. The Inscription.
About the author
Ken Tully (MPhil, MDiv) is Adjunct Faculty, Classical Studies, Villanova University, and a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford. In 2020, he co-authored Jerusalem Afflicted: Quaresmius, Spain, and the Idea of a 17th-Century Crusade (Routledge), which presented the first-ever modern translation and commentary on the Latin sermon first published in 1631.
Pamela D. Johnston (PhD) is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Fresno Pacific University, where she teaches a broad range of classes in ancient and medieval history and classics. She is the author of The Military Consilium in Republican Rome (Gorgias Press), the first full-length treatment of the consilium in the Roman Republic.
Summary
This broad-based critical edition is the first-ever modern translation of all three adaptations of the hagiography of St. Abercius. Consisting of Greek and English translations and a comprehensive critical text, this is an invaluable resource for those studying early Christianity, early church history, and hagiography.
