Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 372 pages) : color illustrations |
Series |
Oxford early Christian studies |
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Oxford early Christian studies.
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Contents |
Part 1: Origins -- Eusebius' Canon Tables as a paratext for ordering textual knowledge -- The origins of scholarship on the fourfold Gospel: from Alexandria to Caesarea -- Reading the Gospels with the Eusebian Canon Tables -- Part 2: Receptions -- 'The diversity of agreement among the four Evangelists': Augustine's usage of the Canon Table -- Canon Tables 2.0: The Peshitta version of the Eusebian apparatus -- Scholarly practices: the Eusebian Canon Tables in the Hiberno-Latin tradition -- Seeing the salvation of God: images as paratext in Armenian commentaries on the Eusebian Canon Tables -- Conclusion |
Summary |
This study investigates the origins and use of the Canon Tables apparatus, which was included in the four-gospel codex. This reading aid was invented in the early fourth century by Eusebius of Caesarea and represented a milestone achievement both in the history of the book and in the scholarly study of the fourfold gospel |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-349) and indexes |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 8, 2019) |
Subject |
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340. Eusebian canons.
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SUBJECT |
Eusebius fast |
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Bible. Gospels -- Harmonies -- History and criticism
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Eusebian canons (Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea) fast |
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Bible. Gospels fast |
Subject |
Christian literature, Early.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christian literature, Early
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780192523570 |
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0192523570 |
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9780191840890 |
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0191840890 |
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