Riedweg, Christoph (2020). Spolien im Neubau. Das Prooimion von Eusebios' Kirchengeschichte im historiographischen Quervergleich. In: Kampmann, Claudia; Volp, Ulrich; Wallraff, Martin; Winnebeck, Julia. Kirchengeschichte, Historisches Spezialgebiet und/oder theologische Disziplin. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig, 81-95.
The article tackles the intricate problem of how the proem of Eusebios' »Church History« relates to pagan historiography. As new as the project of the ›father‹ of »ecclesiastical historiography« may have been in principle: on a careful close reading and thorough cross comparison the proem reveals surprisingly many references to classical texts of ancient historiography, thus documenting Eusebios' familiarity with a literary tradition dating back to Herodotus and Thucydides.
The article tackles the intricate problem of how the proem of Eusebios' »Church History« relates to pagan historiography. As new as the project of the ›father‹ of »ecclesiastical historiography« may have been in principle: on a careful close reading and thorough cross comparison the proem reveals surprisingly many references to classical texts of ancient historiography, thus documenting Eusebios' familiarity with a literary tradition dating back to Herodotus and Thucydides.
| Item Type: | Book Section, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 06 Faculty of Arts > Department of Greek and Latin Philology |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 470 Latin & Italic languages
480 Classical & modern Greek languages |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Deposited On: | 28 Oct 2020 17:07 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2020 17:07 |
| Publisher: | Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig |
| Number: | 28 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-374-06327-7 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
Riedweg, Christoph