Papers by Alexander W . H . Evers
Journal of Roman Studies, 2000
A NEW HISTORY OF THE SERMON 1 Preacher and Audience Studies in ^rt . ; u . and Byzantine Homi... more A NEW HISTORY OF THE SERMON 1 Preacher and Audience Studies in ^rt . ; u . and Byzantine Homiletics EDITED BY MARY B. CUNNINGHAM AND PAULINE ALLEN BRILL ... A NEW HISTORY Of THE SERMOK and Audience Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Homiletics ...
Cristianesimo nella storia, 2018
Catholic Historical Review, 2014
Cain’s commentary is a thesaurus of such literary allusions from Jerome’s corpus, other patristic... more Cain’s commentary is a thesaurus of such literary allusions from Jerome’s corpus, other patristic writers, and classical writers such as Virgil, Juvenal, and Cicero, with a focus on literary and semantic aspects of the text. The Latin text is Hilberg’s edition with twenty-five minor emendations, listed in the introduction (p. 39). Of these, some are merely stylistic; for example, in 5.2, where Cain has restored sustentatus to sustentatus est, on the basis of “several manuscripts,” meaning the three latest of the six used by Hilberg. It seems likely that Hilberg preferred the more elegant omission in the earlier manuscripts of the auxiliary verb, which is both clunky and unnecessary to the sense. Other changes are semantically driven and justified in the commentary by reference to other occurrences in Jerome’s oeuvre such as in 3.4, from potentias to potentiam (potentia on p. 148 probably is meant to read potentiam). Another semantically-driven change is the rejection of Hilberg’s supplying of <non> before paucis in 17.1. The litotes “not a few” makes better sense of the text than Cain’s reversion to the five manuscripts that read paucis (“a few”), especially since the sixth and latest manuscript witness reads multis (the equivalent of non paucis). These are mere quibbles, however; minor criticisms of a work of major importance.
Wiley-Blackwell eBooks, Apr 2, 2012
Journal of Roman Studies, Nov 1, 2000
Altogether a rich read, as much for the issues raised as for the intrinsic interest of the specif... more Altogether a rich read, as much for the issues raised as for the intrinsic interest of the specific topics treated.
ical world and a downplaying of that world's diversity. Despite initial qualifications, medicine ... more ical world and a downplaying of that world's diversity. Despite initial qualifications, medicine tends to be reduced in these pages too much to Hippocratic-Galenic medicine when there were so many alternatives. Religious healing tends also to be reduced to miracles and exorcism, forgetting that of the sacraments. Illness as theodicy or purification makes too few appearances. The medical aspect of pre-Constantinian clerical philanthropy ("a system of parochial care of the sick," as it is rather optimistically called, p. 120) is overstressed by generalizing too hastily from the evidence of St. Cyprian of Carthage. But a good book, which this one is, should regenerate discussion rather than close it down. It deserves wide scrutiny. It also deserves a more suitable cover and fewer misprints.
This book is about people. It is an attempt to make sense of the position of the plebs in the Chu... more This book is about people. It is an attempt to make sense of the position of the plebs in the Church and cities of Roman Africa in Late Antiquity. By looking at the terminology of plebs and populus in Christian texts, in combination with aspects of the vast amount of archaeological evidence and epigraphy from the African provinces of the Roman Empire, Evers seeks to establish a much closer link between text and context, arguing that the laity in the Early Church had an active role to play. The writings of Cyprian of Carthage, Optatus of Milevis, and Augustine of Hippo are taken more at face value, and not discarded as purely theological treatises and other programmatic products of the Christian pen. Christian texts, certainly of earlier times, most of all aimed at convincing an audience as large as possible, of all sorts, and of all ranks. And hence they must have made sense in almost every possible way. The "rhetoric of Empire" became rapidly adapted by the great minds of...
Empresas y Empresarios en Tiempos de Barroco, 2014
con su contable principal Matthäus Schwarz en la "Oficina de oro" T Escuela de Barroco Fundación ... more con su contable principal Matthäus Schwarz en la "Oficina de oro" T Escuela de Barroco Fundación Focus-Abengoa U Empresas y empresarios en tiempos de Barroco Carlos V sentado, por Tiziano (c. NRQU). Alte Pinakothek (Múnich) V Escuela de Barroco Fundación Focus-Abengoa El cambista y su mujer, por Quentin Massys, NRNQ, Museo del Louvre (a la izqda.) y Marinus van Reymerswaele, NRPU, Museo Nacional del Prado (a la dcha.
Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Durham, 16-19 April 2009), 2011
The Catholic Historical Review, 2014
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1999
A NEW HISTORY OF THE SERMON 1 Preacher and Audience Studies in ^rt . ; u . and Byzantine Homi... more A NEW HISTORY OF THE SERMON 1 Preacher and Audience Studies in ^rt . ; u . and Byzantine Homiletics EDITED BY MARY B. CUNNINGHAM AND PAULINE ALLEN BRILL ... A NEW HISTORY Of THE SERMOK and Audience Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Homiletics ...
Frontiers in the Roman World, 2011
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