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Galen's De indolentia
Essays on a Newly Discovered Letter, Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 88, Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum /Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 88
ISBN/EAN: 9783161532153
Umbreit-Nr.: 6194944
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XI, 336 S.
Format in cm: 2 x 23 x 15.5
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 15.08.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
- Zusatztext
- In 2005, a French doctoral student discovered Galen's long-lost treatise, De indolentia () or On the Avoidance of Distress in a monastic library in Thessalonica. De indolentia is a letter to an unspecified addressee in which Galen describes how he responded to the fire that destroyed much of his library and medicines in 192 CE. The manuscript, catalogued in the Vlatadon monastery as codex 14, is of unspeakable value to scholars of antiquity. Classified with Galen's writings on moral philosophy, De indolentia provides important evidence for second-century literary culture, including ancient library culture. It also addresses topics of interest to scholars in the field of ancient Christianity. The volume includes a brand new English translation of the text, a collation of all discrepancies among the leading critical editions of the Greek text, and essays by eminent scholars on different aspects of the text.
- Autorenportrait
- Born 1964; 1986 BA University of California, Berkeley; 1992 MTS Harvard University; 2003 PhD University of Chicago; 2006 postdoctoral fellow Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; currently Professor of Scripture, Department of Theology, Lewis University (USA) and Professor Extraordinary, Department Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).