Few Roman emperors enjoy such fame as Flavius Claudius Iulianus - although he was sole ruler of the Roman Empire for only eighteen months (361-363). Since his early death he has been known as Julian the Apostate - the nephew of Constantine the Great who in vain tried to reverse the transformation of the Imperium Romanum into a Christian Empire. This companion synthesizes research on Julian conducted in many languages over the last decades and develops new perspectives. The authors scrutinize the voluminous and variegated sources for Julian's life and rule and reflect on the perceptions of modern research. Since Julian is the subject of scholarly discussion in various fields, this companion offers an interdisciplinary dialogue in which experts from many countries participate. Contributors are Bruno Bleckmann, Scott Bradbury, Peter Heather, Arnaldo Marcone, Neil McLynn, Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath, Stefan Rebenich, Christoph Riedweg, Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner, Peter van Nuffelen, Konrad Voessing, Hans-Ulrich Wiemer.

As a scholar, writer and ascetic, Jerome was a major intellectual force in the early church and influenced the ideals of Christian chastity and poverty for many generations after his death. This book assembles a representative selection of his voluminous output. It will help readers to a balanced portrait of a complex and brilliant, but not always likeable man.

As a scholar, writer and ascetic, Jerome was a major intellectual force in the early church and influenced the ideals of Christian chastity and poverty for many generations after his death. This book assembles a representative selection of his voluminous output. It will help readers to a balanced portrait of a complex and brilliant, but not always likeable man.

An edition of extensive correspondence between Mommsen and Harnack with detailed comments. This text also makes accessible further archive material.

A facsimile reproduction of Adolf von Harnack s book of the minutes of the 1897?1928 church fathers commission, with a diplomatic transcript. This volume provides extensive insight into the work of the church fathers commission, which since 1891, within the Prussian Academy of Science, was in charge of editing the Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller and which has continued up to the present its activities of publication and research within the context of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. The editor presents here the book of minutes which Adolf von Harnack kept from 1897 to 1928 for the church fathers commission, and in which he noted the discussions and results of their meetings. The historical document of the famous church historian, informative for the history of patristic studies, is presented here both as a facsimile of the original, as well as made available in a diplomatic transcript by Stefan Rebenich. Christoph Markschies sketches the scholarly and historical context of Adolf von Harnack s book of minutes from a present-day perspective."