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Funerary Speech for John Chrysostom

by (author) Timothy D. Barnes & George Bevan

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2013
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781846318870
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $165.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781846318887
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $55.00

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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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Contributor Notes

Timothy D. Barnes is Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. George Bevan is Assistant Professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.