A new English translation of The Apocriticus of Macarius, the first since 1919.
Includes substantial introductory essays and full notes.
Provides an insight into the history of intellectual and cultural conflict between Christian and Hellene intellectuals in the fourth century CE.
Includes discussions on the cult of the martyrs and on ascetic practices.
Jeremy M. Schott is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. His previous publications include Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovation (with Aaron Johnson, 2013) and Christianity, Empire and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity (2008)
Professor Mark J. Edwards is Tutor in Theology at Christ Church College, Oxford. His previous publications include Catholicity and Heresy in the Early Church (2009), Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries (2012) and Christians, Gnostics and Philosophers in Late Antiquity (2012)