Christian's Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43

An English translation of the 6th-century Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Gregory of Nazianzus' Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43 which were written during the 4th century. The Sermons demonstrate Gregory's concern that elements from a pagan Greek education should be preserved to serve the church. The commentaries, written in a more Christianised world, are in places confused and inelegant but are still intent on transmitting Gregory's message. The translations are accompanied by comprehensive notes.

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Christian's Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43

An English translation of the 6th-century Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Gregory of Nazianzus' Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43 which were written during the 4th century. The Sermons demonstrate Gregory's concern that elements from a pagan Greek education should be preserved to serve the church. The commentaries, written in a more Christianised world, are in places confused and inelegant but are still intent on transmitting Gregory's message. The translations are accompanied by comprehensive notes.

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Christian's Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43

Christian's Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43

Christian's Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43

Christian's Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43

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An English translation of the 6th-century Pseudo-Nonnus Commentaries on Gregory of Nazianzus' Sermons 4, 5, 39 and 43 which were written during the 4th century. The Sermons demonstrate Gregory's concern that elements from a pagan Greek education should be preserved to serve the church. The commentaries, written in a more Christianised world, are in places confused and inelegant but are still intent on transmitting Gregory's message. The translations are accompanied by comprehensive notes.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780853239178
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Series: Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians Series
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

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

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