Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introductory essays: General remarks and outline of the Apocriticus -- Macarius and the Christian tradition / Mark J. Edwards -- The Hellene / Jeremy M. Schott. Macarius's use of a source or sources ; Identifying the Hellene? Celsus ; Sossianus Hierocles ; Julian ; Porphyry ; Conclusions -- Macarius and the Apocriticus / Jeremy M. Schott. The text ; Title, author, provenance, and date ; A literary assessment -- Abbreviations and sigla -- Apocriticus, or, Monogenēs / Macarius.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A new English translation of The Apocriticus of Macarius (who is often identified with Macarius Magnes), with notes and introductory essays. This text purports to be the record of a public debate between a pagan philosopher and Macarius, a Christian rhetor, and is a source for the history of intellectual and cultural conflict between Christian and Hellene intellectuals in the fourth century CE.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Apocriticus.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
Version (or Date of Version)
(Schott and Edwards)
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Macarius, Apocriticus
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Macarius,active 403., Apocriticus.
Macarius, ca. 4./5. Jh., Apocriticus
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Apocriticus (Macarius, Magnes)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Apologetics, Early works to 1800.
Church history-- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.