A Christian’s Guide to Greek Culture

The Pseudo-Nonnus ‘Commentaries’ on ‘Sermons’ 4, 5, 39 and 43 by Gregory of Nazianus

Pseudo-Nonnus (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2001
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-0-85323-917-8 (ISBN)

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The Commentaries translated here, dating from the sixth century, show the persisting survival of Greek learning in an increasingly Christianised world. The work takes the form of a series of explanations and glosses of classical references in Gregory’s original Sermons. Although the author uses an elementary technique of the schools to structure his text, which has little in the way of eloquence or literary art, there is a striking single-mindededness and confidence in his explanations. Some of the information given is inaccurate, and the author is not averse to rewriting texts that he cannot explain. Nonetheless, the work displays a lively interest in Greek learning, and presents a fascinating insight into the attitude of one particular Christian to its continuing validity.

Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries: translation and notes
Commentary on Sermon 4
Commentary on Sermon 5
Commentary on Sermon 39
Commentary on Sermon 43

Appendices
Appendix I Additional stories found in some witnesses at the end of Commentary 5
Appendix 2 Stories listed in order of appearance in the Commentaries

Select Bibliography

Indices
Index of ancient authors, general sources and proverbs
Index of etymologies
Index of historical figures
Index of constellations, mythological deities, heroes and monsters, pagan cults and sacred animals
Index of peoples and places
Index of principal themes

The Topography of the Commentaries
Map I The 'World-view' of the Commentaries Map 2 The 'Western Sea' and its environs
Map 3 Mainland Greece

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2001
Reihe/Serie	Translated Texts for Historians ; 37
Übersetzer	Jennifer Nimmo Smith
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	147 x 210 mm
Gewicht	266 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-85323-917-7 / 0853239177
ISBN-13	978-0-85323-917-8 / 9780853239178
Zustand	Neuware