Books in the Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte series

This volume presents the German translation of the approximatly 50 texts from the manuscript find of Nag Hammadi and the texts of the Codex Berolinensis 8502. Most of the texts originated in the 2nd and 3rd centuries and include apocryphical gospels and original Gnostic documents.

This series presents the complete German translation of the approximately 50 texts from the manuscript find of the Codex Berolinensis 8502 together with specialists in the field of Coptic studies. Most of the texts originated in the 2nd and 3rd centuries and include for example apocryphal Gospels.

This anonymous ecclesiastical history, traditionally ascribed to Gelasius Cyzicenus, deals with the age of Emperor Constantine (ruled from 306-337). The critical historical edition of the Greek text presents the compilation on the basis of all the extant manuscripts.

This text presents transcriptions and translations of textual fragments which can be attributed to what is known as the "Gospel of Peter" and the "Apocalypse of Peter". Ancient documentation is discussed, and there is a brief discusssion of the philological problems presented.

This second volume finishes the complete German translation of the approximately 50 texts from the manuscript find of Nag Hammadi and the texts of the Codex Berolinensis 8502, together with introductions by specialists in the field of Coptic studies.

The series is devoted to Christian texts from the Greek-speaking parts of the ancient Roman Empire. Published since 1897 (first in Leipzig, then in Berlin) by the Royal Prussian Academy under the project Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller, which was continued by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, the series offers large critical editions accompanied by historical introductions and indices of those works that have not been included in other major editions. When complete, the series will provide complete coverage of the first three centuries.

Contains one of the oldest comprehensive forms of the Greek biography of St Clement, Bishop of Rome and successor to St Peter. This book is suitable for literary scholars and is significant for the history of religion and language history.

This volume is based on a manuscript by Karl Holl, which was continued after his death by Hans Lietzmann (1875-1942). In recent years it has again been thoroughly checked, revised and extended in the Berlin Institute.

The discussion about the beginnings of Transitus-Mariae literature is marked by two hypotheses. The first is marked by the history of dogma and sees this literature in the context of the development of dogmatic doctrine, while the second, alternative, approach sees the origins of this literature in the area of heterodoxy.

Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating writer in a period of transition. Widely travelled, he belongs to the intellectual elite of the second sophistic. His two main works present a similar encyclopedic approach, but very different contents. He can be considered the "e;father of Christian chronography"e;, since he authored the first Christian world chronicle (Chronographiae). However, he also wrote a comprehensive and multifaceted manual of many fields of knowledge, where the religious character is open to debate. The preserved fragments of the Cesti treat military, technical, medical and many other topics. These texts are presented in an entirely new critical edition. The transmission of the texts as well as questions of authenticity are highly complex. Compared to the previous edition (Vieillefond 1970), considerable progress has been reached in terms of both, quantity and quality of the material. Hitherto unknown texts have been included, and in the case of dubious authorship all necessary information is provided for a realistic picture of the transmission. In the introduction, all relevant channels of transmission are discussed. The edition is accompanied by notes and a new English translation.

In this classical text, Epiphanius described above all the teachings and lives of gnostic groups, but he also turned his attention to other movements, for example the Monists. This is a corrected and expanded reprint of Karl Holl's 1915 edition of the text.

Iulius Africanus ist mit Recht als der Vater der christlichen Chronographie"e; bezeichnet worden. Seine Weltchronik gehort zu den wenigen gattungsbegrundenden Werken der christlichen Literatur: Spatantike und Mittelalter haben ihre Reflexion uber Geschichte wesentlich im Medium der Weltchronik artikuliert. Das Werk ist in seiner Ganze nicht erhalten; die erhaltenen Fragmente mussen in muhseliger Kleinarbeit aus spateren Autoren herausprapariert werden. Eine kritische Ausgabe dieses Materials lag bislang nicht vor, die bis heute zu verwendende Ausgabe liegt beinahe 200 Jahre zuruck (J. M. Routh 1814).Mit der neuen Ausgabe in der Reihe GCS gelingt es, eine alte Lucke im Programm dieser Reihe zu schlieen - zugleich ist damit ein Neuanfang verbunden, denn zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte dieser Reihe erscheint hier eine Edition mit englischer Ubersetzung.Durch die Edition ist eine ganz neue Grundlage fur die Kenntnis des fruhchristlichen Geschichtsdenkens gelegt, auerdem ein wesentlicher Baustein zu besseren Einschatzung einer wichtigen Schwellenzeit, der Reichskrise"e; des dritten Jahrhunderts, in der sich aus dem hellenistisch-romsichen Erbe die neue Welt der Spatantike zu formen beginnt.

Die Reihe Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte (GCS) veroffentlicht seit 1897 (zuerst in Leipzig, dann in Berlin) die Ergebnisse des Akademieprojektes Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller, begonnen in der damaligen Koniglich Preuischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, fortgefuhrt in der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Sie bietet in groen kritischen Ausgaben mit historisch orientierenden Einleitungen und Registern diejenigen Werke, die ursprunglich im griechischsprachigen Teil des antiken kaiserzeitlichen Christentums entstanden sind und nicht von den anderen groen Editionsreihen herausgegeben werden. Fur die ersten drei Jahrhunderte wird dabei Vollstandigkeit angestrebt.