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Biblioth eque de Byzantion
Biblioth eque de Byzantion ; 23. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Intercultural exchanges in Greek and Latin histories and chronicles / H. Inglebert -- Translating Eusebius' "Church history" in the west and in the east : Rufinus and his contemporary Syriac colleague / S. Robbe, C. Noce -- Transmitting and being transmitted : the spread and reception of the History of the episcopate of Alexandria in Carthage and Aksum / A. Camplani -- Caucasian historical literature, the Iranian epic, and the diversity of late antiquity / S. Rapp -- "A wise Indian astronomer called Gandoubarios" : Malalas and the legend of Yoni ton / A. Hilkens -- Found in translation : Agapius, the Septuagint, and the "falsified" torah of the Jews / M. Conterno. |
| Summary |
Late Antiquity is the land of plenty for scholars interested in intercultural exchange, and yet the subject still lacks systematical investigation. The study of late antique historiography allows for a particularly rewarding approach. Late antique historiographical texts testify to contemporary attitudes towards contacts between different cultures, religions, languages; but they were also impacted on by intercultural exchange, mostly in the form of translation or adaptation of sources imported from other cultural areas. The six contributions gathered in this volume present case studies focused on the Mediterranean region and Western Asia, crossing religious, linguistic and political borders in a chronological framework that goes from the fourth to the eleventh centuries. Besides showcasing the results that can be harvested with such a twofold analytical approach to late antique historiography, they also pinpoint the methodological challenges researchers are likely to meet when venturing in the mainly uncharted field of intercultural exchange in Late Antiquity.0. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2020301434 |
| ISBN | 9789042939752 |
| ISBN | 9042939753 |
