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The commentary which Cameron and Hall provide elucidates the content of the text, without being repetitive or replete with unnecessary details and references. No doubt, Cameron and Hall's new translation, introduction and commentary will shortly become an indispensable tool for anyone interested in late antique history and early Christian studies. We should all be grateful for the great service they have done in producing this volume. (Scripta Classica Israelica )
... extremely informative introduction ... Cameron and Hall provide a fluent and accurate translation of the text. (Scripta Classica Israelica )
... will prove an enormously useful tool for scholars and students of church history and late antiquity in general. (Journal of Early Christian Studies )
... provides a fine introduction to the Life of Constantine in a format that is user-friendly both with regard to organization of content and graphic design. (Journal of Early Christian Studies )
... sure to become an indispensable companion to Constantinian studies. (Journal of Ecclesiastical History )
... extremely informative introduction ... Cameron and Hall provide a fluent and accurate translation of the text. (Scripta Classica Israelica )
... will prove an enormously useful tool for scholars and students of church history and late antiquity in general. (Journal of Early Christian Studies )
... provides a fine introduction to the Life of Constantine in a format that is user-friendly both with regard to organization of content and graphic design. (Journal of Early Christian Studies )
... sure to become an indispensable companion to Constantinian studies. (Journal of Ecclesiastical History )
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Eusebius' Life of Constantine is the most important single record of Constantine, the emperor who turned the Roman Empire from prosecuting the Church to supporting it, with huge and lasting consequences for Europe and Christianity. The only English version previously available is based on a seventeenth-century Greek edition, but two new critical editions produced this century make a new English version necessary. The authors of this edition present the results of the recent scholarly debate, as well as their own researches so as to clarify the significance of Eusebius' work and introduce the student to the text and its interpretation, thus opening up the contentious issues. At face value much of what Eusebius wrote is false. This book shows how, once his partisan interpretations and rhetoric are properly understood, both Eusebius' text and the documents it contains give vital historical insights.
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Serious stuff
1 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
This volume is a very scholarly translation of Eusebius' Vita Constantini into English, with a major introduction, massive notes (at the back) and bibliographical details. The detail in the notes alone makes it worth the purchase, while the discussion of issues in the introduction is masterly.
The intellectual integrity of Eusebius is discussed and upheld, the role of the work as panegyric rather than history discussed; even the authenticity of the chapter titles is handled (Cameron and Hall reject this).
The only gripe I have is that the notes are at the back, rather than at the foot of each page. I found I had to read it flipping to and fro. And one simply doesn't *want* to miss the comments -- they are detailed, documented, and tremendously informative.
This is in quite a different league to the ordinary English translation-only volume. It is easily of the same standard as the Ancient Christian Writers series, and in fact probably better, as it has less philology and much more useful historical matter.
Highly recommended.
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Must Have
20 Oct 2007
Format:Paperback
This book is a must have for any Eusebius/Constantine researcher. The Life of Constantine is our single most important source about Constantine and this is by far the best English edition. The introduction is very objective, informative, and while directed at the Life of Constantine itself, is nonetheless something of an introduction to Eusebian scholarship. The notes amount to a running commentary. There is an excellent Index and extensive Bibliography. The editors put considerable effort into analyzing the form of the work, including a substantial outline, chapter headings, and list of passages from the Life of Constantine reworked from or similar to those in the Ecclesiastical History and In Praise of Constantine.
The definitive Life of Constantine for scholars
9 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback
The Life of Constantine is a panegyrical biography of Constantine the Great, written by his friend and admirer, Eusebius Pamphilus, bishop of Caesarea a few years after the emperor's death in AD 337. Though gushing in its praise for Constantine and sparse in its criticism of the darker aspects of his reign, this work is nonetheless the best and most detailed biography of Constantine available from an ancient source. Aside from being the sole source for much of the information we know about Constantine, the work also compiles several crucial Constantinian letters, edicts, and anecdotes for which Eusebius was a first-hand witness.
This modern translation of Eusebius's Life of Constantine by Averil Cameron is the most thorough and up-to-date available, containing a substantial introduction as well as a great mass of truly useful commentary which makes up nearly 1/2 of the book's bulk. If you are a scholar who is interested in a detailed treatment of this work (and who has the financial wherewithal to afford the hefty price tag), then this is certainly the book for you.
However, if you are a general reader or a student looking for a more approachable version of this classic Eusebian work, I recommend The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine.
This modern translation of Eusebius's Life of Constantine by Averil Cameron is the most thorough and up-to-date available, containing a substantial introduction as well as a great mass of truly useful commentary which makes up nearly 1/2 of the book's bulk. If you are a scholar who is interested in a detailed treatment of this work (and who has the financial wherewithal to afford the hefty price tag), then this is certainly the book for you.
However, if you are a general reader or a student looking for a more approachable version of this classic Eusebian work, I recommend The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine.
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