Epiphanius of Cyprus: A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity Volume 2

by Andrew S. Jacobs

Book Overview

Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus from 367 to 403 CE, was incredibly influential in the last decades of the fourth century. Whereas his major surviving text--the Panarion, an encyclopedia of heresies--is studied for lost sources, Epiphanius himself is often dismissed as an anti-intellectual eccentric, a marginal figure of late antiquity. In this book, Andrew S. Jacobs moves Epiphanius from the margin back toward the center and proposes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520385705
• ISBN13: 9780520385702
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"