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The festal letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal index and the Historia acephala / translated with commentary by David Brakke and David M. Gwynn.
Van Pelt Library BR65.A443 E6313 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373, author.
- Series:
- Translated texts for historians ; v. 81.
- Translated texts for historians ; volume 81
- Standardized Title:
- Epistolae festales. English (Brakke)
- Language:
- Coptic
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Latin
- Syriac, Modern
- Subjects (All):
- Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373--Correspondence.
- Athanasius.
- Christian saints--Egypt--Alexandria--Correspondence.
- Christian saints.
- Christian life--Early works to 1800.
- Christian life.
- Easter--Early works to 1800.
- Easter.
- Theology, Doctrinal--Early works to 1800.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Cyril, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, approximately 370-444.
- Egypt--Alexandria.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 347 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Coptic and Syriac versions of texts originally composed in Greek; one text translation from the Latin.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Athanasius: Life and Writings
- 2. The Festal Letters
- 3.1. The Early Years (328-335)
- Letter I (329)
- Letter XXIV (330)
- Letter XIV (331)
- Letter IV (332)
- Letter V (333)
- Letter VI (334)
- Letter VII (335)
- 3.2. Between East and West (335-346)
- Letter X (338)
- Letter XI (339)
- Letter to Serapion
- Letter XIII (341)
- Letter III (342)
- Note for 345
- Note for 346
- 3.3. The "Golden Decade" (346-356)
- Letter XIX (347)
- Letter XX (348)
- Letter XXII (350)
- Letter II (352)
- Letter XXV (353)
- Letter XXVI (354)
- Letter XXVII (355)
- Letter XXVIII (356)
- 3.4. From Desert Exile to Church Father (356-373)
- Letter XXIX (357)
- Letter XXXVI (364?)
- Letter XXXVII (365?)
- Letter XXXVIII (366)
- Letter XL (368)
- Letter XLI (369)
- Letter XLII (370)
- Letter XLIII (371)
- Letter XLIV (372)
- Letter XLV (373)
- 3.5. The Canon of Scripture (367)
- Letter XXXIX (367)
- 4. The Festal Index
- 5. The Historia Acephala
- The Historia Acephala (or The Untitled History of Athanasius)
- Maps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index.
- Contains:
- Historia acephala. English.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1802076824
- 9781802076820
- OCLC:
- 1305011307
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