Jeremiah Coogan
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https://www.amazon.com/Eusebius-Evangel ... 382&sr=1-1
Estimated to be released: 16 November 2022
Overview
- Revises conventional histories of Gospel literature
- Situates Eusebius' transformation of Gospel literature in a wider late ancient transformation in knowledge
- Illuminates the practices and experiences of diverse readers, uncovering a neglected history of Gospel reading
Description
'Eusebius the Evangelist analyzes Eusebius of Caesarea's fourth-century reconfiguration of the Gospels as a window into broader questions of technology and textuality in the ancient Mediterranean ... The sophisticated system through which Eusebius organized this intricate web of textual relationships is known as the Eusebian apparatus.
'Eusebius' editorial intervention—involving tables, sectioning, and tables of contents—participates in a broader late ancient transformation in reading and knowledge. To illuminate Eusebius' innovative use of textual technologies, the study juxtaposes diverse ancient disciplines—including chronography, astronomy, geography, medicine, philosophy, and textual criticism—with a wide range of early Christian sources, attending to neglected evidence from material texts and technical literature. These varied phenomena reveal how Eusebius' fourfold Gospel worked in the hands of readers.
'Eusebius' creative juxtapositions of Gospel material had an enduring impact on Gospel reading. Not only did Eusebius continue earlier trajectories of Gospel writing, but his apparatus continued to generate new possibilities in the hands of readers. For more than a millennium, in over a dozen languages and in thousands of manuscripts, Eusebius' invention transformed readers' encounters with Gospel text on the page. By employing emerging textual technologies, Eusebius created new possibilities of reading, thereby rewriting the fourfold Gospel in a significant and durable way.'
..Table of Contents
....Preface
....Text and Translation of Eusebius' Epistle to Carpianus
....Chapter 1: Introduction
....Is Eusebius Also Among the Evangelists?
....A Practical Introduction: Reading, Reception, and Use
....Eusebius of Caesarea and His Context
....Using the Eusebian Apparatus
....Histories of Gospel Scholarship
....Overview of Argument
....Chapter 2: Technology
....Textual Machines
....Prefatory Maps
....Columnar Tables
....Knowing Gospels Differently
....Chapter 3: Gospel Writing
....Continuity and Innovation
....Gospel Production from Mark to Eusebius
....Reconfiguring the Gospels
....The Gospel According to Eusebius
....Chapter 4: Creative Juxtaposition
....History and Critique
....How Eusebius Reads Gospels
....Similar Things
....Rewriting Gospel Relationship
....Rediscovering the Purpose of the Eusebian Apparatus
....Poetic Geography
....Chapter 5: Reading Eusebius' Gospels
.....Reception as Evidence
.....Magnitudes of Reception
.....Traces of Reading
.....Use and Meaning
....Chapter 6: Conclusion
....Bibliography
Reviews
"Eusebius of Caesarea is best known for his history of the early church, but this thought-provoking and original book reveals his surprising influence on Christian reading practices―in late antiquity and beyond. Coogan's considerable research will be a boon to historians and literary scholars alike." -- Ellen Muehlberger, University of Michigan
"In this remarkable study, Coogan directs a powerful combination of theoretical tools at Eusebius' Gospel apparatus, revealing how it rereads and, importantly, rewrites the canonical Gospels. As important as the specific reading of Eusebius is, Coogan's insights into the power of paratext will be valuable for scholars across languages, genres, and time periods." -- Andrew M. Riggsby, University of Texas at Austin