Table of Contents

Preface
Introductory Essays
I. Macarius and the Christian Tradition (Mark J. Edwards)
II. The Hellene (Jeremy M. Schott)
A.Macarius’ Use of a Source or Sources
B.Identifying the Hellene?
i.Celsus
ii.Sossianus Hierocles
iii.Julian
iv.Porphyry
C.Conclusions
III. Macarius and the Apocriticus (Jeremy M. Schott)
A. The Text
B. Author, Provenance, and Date
C. A Literary Assessment
Abbreviations and Sigla

Macarius, Apocriticus, or Monogenes
1. Book 1
2. Book 2
3. Book 3
4. Book 4
5. Fragments

Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Jeremy M. Schott is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. His previous publications include Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovation (with Aaron Johnson, 2013) and Christianity, Empire and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity (2008) Professor Mark J. Edwards is Tutor in Theology at Christ Church College, Oxford. His previous publications include Catholicity and Heresy in the Early Church (2009), Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries (2012) and Christians, Gnostics and Philosophers in Late Antiquity (2012)

Reviews

'This affordable book is undoubtedly enlightening and enjoyable, and will lead to widespread use of this vast ancient text.' (Translated from German)Ulrich Volp, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum

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