Books in the Oxford Early Christian Texts series

This volume presents an edition of Thomas of Edessa's Syriac text of Nativity and Epiphany, accompanied by a facing English translation. These discourses, with the editors' introduction and notes, elucidate Thomas's place in the theological development of the Church of the East.

This two-volume set includes Herbert Musurillo''s critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, survey the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it and the relationship between the pagan and Christian Acta. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violentlypropagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by the Greeks under German rule.

This book is the first large-scale study of the Metaphrasis Psalmorum since the middle of the twentieth century. It is a critical text and modern translation of a major and important poetic work. The book aims to promote greater awareness of the Metaphrasis Psalmorum and act as a catalyst for future work on the paraphrase.

This collection provides a textual basis for the study of martyr narratives without making assumptions about their date of composition or their authenticity. It focuses on the ancient martyrs (those executed before 260) and for each martyr examines which text was known to Eusebius or to Augustine.

Volume I of Herbert Musurillo's critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, surveys the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violently propagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by the Greeksunder German rule.

Volume II of Herbert Musurillo's critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, surveys the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violently propagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by theGreeks under German rule.

The first complete collection of the remaining excerpts from the writings of Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia together with a ground-breaking study of the controversy regarding the person of Christ that raged from the fourth to the sixth century.

An edition of two foundational texts for understanding the nineteen-year Easter cycle of Alexandria prior to the computus developed by Dionysius Exiguus in 525, namely the Prologues de Pascha of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria from 385 to 412, and his nephew and successor Cyril (Patriarch from 412 to 444).

This work is a critical edition of the works of sixth-century theologian, Leontius of Byzantium.

A critical edition of The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance. This remarkable text records a highly polemical debate between a young girl Helia and her mother regarding the relative merits of virginity and marriage, followed by a dialogue between Helia and a bishop, and a debate between Helia and a judge.

This is the first comprehensive English language translation of and commentary on the inscribed poetry of Pope Damasus (c.366-384).

A critical edition of The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance. This remarkable text records a highly polemical debate between a young girl Helia and her mother regarding the relative merits of virginity and marriage, followed by a dialogue between Helia and a bishop, and a debate between Helia and a judge.

This book is a critical edition of chapter XI (the Resurrection of Lazarus) of the mid-fifth century Paraphrasis of the Gospel of John by Nonnus of Panopolis.

On Pascha' and Fragments Reprinted with corrections and revisions, 2012.

The first complete collection of the remaining excerpts from the writings of Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia together with a ground-breaking study of the controversy regarding the person of Christ that raged from the fourth to the sixth century.

Composed in 404, Jerome's Epitaph on Saint Paula (Epitaphium Sanctae Paulae) is an elaborate eulogy commemorating the life of Paula (347-404), a wealthy Christian widow from Rome who renounced her senatorial status and embraced an ascetic lifestyle and in 386 co-founded with Jerome a monastic complex in Bethlehem.

Contra Gentes; De Incarnatione

The Doctrina Christiana (On the Teachings of Christianity) is one of Augustine's most important works. In particular, it spells out just how far Christians may use the legacy of their classical, pagan past. This is a completely new translation, accurate and stylish, with a brief introduction that takes into account recent studies. The book includes a freshly edited complete text.

The first publication of the Complete Works of Priscillian to include facing page translation, systematic commentaries, and the spurious texts. Marco Conti sets the writings of this famous fourth century 'heretic' in historical context and establishes their importance for scholarly research in a detailed introduction.

Sophronius' Synodical Letter was was read out at the Sixth Ecumenical Council in 680-1, and provided the only sustained rebuttal of the monoenergist doctrine. This is the first publication of the letter in annotated translation alongside the original Greek. Includes a comprehensive introduction and further documents on the monoenergist doctrine.

St Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) is regarded as one of the most significant figures in Byzantine mysticism. His four epistles are now published in their entirety for the first time in this scholarly edition using the Greek text, established by Joseph Paramelle, It is edited with an introduction, translation and notes by H. J. M. Turner.

A new text of the Apologies of Justin Martyr with introduction, translation, and commentary. An emphasis is placed on distinguishing the original text from later edits and understanding the complex history of the text in manuscript and print tradition. The introduction explores the second-century socio-historic context of the work.

This is a new edition and translation of the Testimonies of the Saints of Leontius of Jerusalem, a sixth-century monk and one of the most important so-called neo-Chalcedonian theologians. It is essential reading for understanding the Church's debate with the Monophysites in the time of Justinian.

Selected Letters

"De Bono Coniugali" and "De Sancta Virginitate" were written in the same year. These book rebuff the Manichees, who argued that marriage was evil, and the followers of Jovinian, who argued that the married state was as meritorious as that of virginity. The first work analyses why marriage is good, and the second why virginity is a higher good.

This book provides a Latin text and the first English translation of an important document in the history of the persecution of the Jews in the Christian Roman Empire. It offers a fascinating perspective on the religious and social life of a diaspora Jewish community, their relations with local Christians, and the campaign of intimidation and terror which eventually led to their conversion.

Maximus the Confessor and his Companions provides English translations of seven documents from the seventh century which recount the legal trials, banishment, and deaths of Maximus the monk, his disciples and friends, and Pope Martin I.

Oratio ad Graecos and fragments

Edited with a facing-page translation by Richard Paul Vaggione. Eunomius of Cyzicus is virtually the only Arian theologian of whose dogmatic works a significant portion has survived.