Title Epiphanius of Cyprus : a cultural biography of late antiquity / Andrew S. Jacobs

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) Series Christianity in late antiquity: The official book series of the North American Patristics Society ; 2 Christianity in late antiquity (North American Patristics Society) ; 2. Contents Introduction : Epiphanius, then and now -- Celebrity -- Conversion -- Discipline -- Scriptures -- Salvation -- After lives Summary "Epiphanius, Bishop of Contantia on Cyprus from 367-403 C.E., was incredibly influential in the last decades of the fourth century, yet modern scholarship has very little use for him. His major surviving text (the Panarion, an encyclopedia of heresies) is plumbed for lost sources, but Epiphanius himself is often dismissed as an anti-intellectual crank, a marginal figure of late antiquity. This book moves Epiphanius from the margin back toward the center, and proposes we view major cultural themes of late antiquity in a new light altogether. Through an examination of key cultural concepts--celebrity, conversion, discipline, scripture, salvation--this book shifts our understanding of 'late antiquity' from a transformational period open to new ideas and peoples toward a Christian Empire that posited a troubling, but ever-present, 'otherness' at the center of its cultural production. The book includes a consideration of the hagiographic 'afterlives' of Epiphanius, and concludes with a discussion of why modern scholarship finds the fourth-century bishop so troubling"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 01, 2016) Subject Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, approximately 310-403 SUBJECT Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, approximately 310-403 fast Subject Orthodox Eastern Church -- Bishops -- Biography SUBJECT Orthodox Eastern Church fast Subject Christian saints -- Cyprus -- Biography Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious. RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History. RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. RELIGION -- Ancient. Bishops Christian saints Church history -- Primitive and early church Cyprus Genre/Form Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2015050963 ISBN 9780520964983 0520964985

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