• Epiphanius of Salamis and the Antiquarian’s Bible

    Author(s):
    Andrew Jacobs (see profile)
    Date:
    2013
    Group(s):
    Late Antiquity, Religious Studies
    Subject(s):
    History, Ancient, Religion, History
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Early Christianity, Epiphanius, late antique literature, Late antiquity, Ancient history, Biblical studies, History of religions
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6C610
    Abstract:
    Compared to more philosophical biblical interpreters such as Origen, Epiphanius of Salamis often appears to modern scholars as plodding, literalist, reactionary, meandering, and unsophisticated. In this article I argue that Epiphanius’s eclectic and seemingly disorganized treatment of the Bible actually draws on a common, imperial style of antiquarianism. Through an examination of four major treatises of Epiphanius—his Panarion and Ancoratus, as well as his lesser-studied biblical treatises, On Weights and Measures and On Gems—I trace this antiquarian style and suggest that perhaps Epiphanius’s antiquarian Bible might have resonated more broadly than the high-flown intellectual Bible of thinkers like Origen.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1353/earl.2013.0026
    Publisher:
    Johns Hopkins University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2013-9-29
    Journal:
    Journal of Early Christian Studies
    Volume:
    21
    Issue:
    3
    Page Range:
    437 - 464
    ISSN:
    1086-3184
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    7 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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