The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala - Brakke, David; Gwynn, David M.
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Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-373) was one of the most influential and controversial figures of fourth-century Christianity. This book provides the first complete English translation, with introductions and annotations, of his Easter Festal Letters, along with the Festal Index and Historia acephala, reassessing Athanasius as both bishop and pastoral leader.

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Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-373) was one of the most influential and controversial figures of fourth-century Christianity. This book provides the first complete English translation, with introductions and annotations, of his Easter Festal Letters, along with the Festal Index and Historia acephala, reassessing Athanasius as both bishop and pastoral leader.
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David Brakke is Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity & Professor of History at The Ohio State University. His previous publications include The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity (Harvard 2011) and The Gospel of Judas: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Yale 2022). David Gwynn is Reader in Ancient and Late Antique History, Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous publications include Athanasius of Alexandria: Bishop, Theologian, Ascetic, Father (OUP 2012) and Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook (Bloomsbury 2014).