Hippolytus of Rome
Commentary on Daniel and 'Chronicon'
Published on 15. April 2019
311 pages
978-1-4632-3735-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains an English translation and introduction to Hippolytus of Rome's Commentary on Daniel and his Chronicon. Both works are the first writings of their kind. The commentary is the earliest extant Christian commentary on a book of the Bible and the Chronicon is the first extant Christian historical work.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Piscataway, NJ
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4632-3735-6 (9781463237356)
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Content
Table of Contents (v) Acknowledgments (vii) Introduction to the Commentary on Daniel and the 'Chronicon' of Hippolytus (1) Authorship of the Hippolytan Corpus (2) The Life of Hippolytus (8) Themes in Hippolytus's Commentary on Daniel (14) Persecution (15) Eschatology (16) Typology (18) The Life of the Church and Logos Theology (20) Reception (22) The 'Chronicon' (23) The Composition of the 'Chronicon' (26) Chronological Contradictions in the Hippolytan Corpus (29) The Complementary Nature of the 'Chronicon' and the Commentary on Daniel (31) Reception of the 'Chronicon' (32) Text of the Commentary on Daniel (35) Key (36) Text of the 'Chronicon' (191) Key (194) For lines 240-613 (Periplus) (195) Bibliography (289) Index to the Commentary on Daniel (297)
