The Emperor Julian Panegyric and Polemic

by Emphrem Syrus, John Chrysostom, Claudius Mamertinus

Book Overview

This collection makes available in English for the first time the panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus (Panegyrici Latini XI/3), a substantial part of the treatise of John Chrysostom on St Babylas and against Julian (de S. Babyla c. Julianum et gentiles XIV-XIX), and Emphrem Syrus' Hymns Against Julian.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853233764
• ISBN13: 9780853233763
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Rare Texts with Scholarly Critical Analysis

The Translated Texts for Historians series specializes in publishing rare texts from ancient first-hand sources; and this is a plus for those who relentlessly collect works from antiquity. But on top of this, Translated Texts places strict emphasis on critical analysis of the texts, since they provide scholarly notes, helpful historical prefaces, commentaries and introductions; and this is very beneficial for students and historians. In this particular volume, the Emperor Julian is treated in light of the different attitudes taken toward him by both Helenists and Christians alike. There are three texts here: (1) Claudius Mamertinus' Speech of Thanks to Julian (2) St John Chrysostom's Homily on St Bablylas and (3) Ephrem Syrus' Hymns Against Julian. These three by-partisan accounts will be very difficult to find elsewhere; also remember that any critical study of Julian will be greatly lacking without these texts and the learned notes that accompany them.

Great material for historians.

The book offers good material to broaden your view on emperor Julian. Even though the original fragments are translated and edited with great care, I would have wanted to see the original latin and greek texts also included in the book. It is hard to get your hands on these texts without this publication.