Classical Studies, Sources : Fields of Study

The Ohio State University, Department of Classics, Niketas Siniossoglou, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens. Contents: Introduction / Niketas Siniossoglou and Anthony Kaldellis -- Part I. The Transmission of Knowledge -- 1. Institutional settings : the court, schools, church, and monasteries / Jonathan Harris -- 2. Byzantine books / Inmaculada Perez Martin -- 3. Questions and answers / Stephanos Efthymiades -- 4. Classical scholarship : the Byzantine contribution / Eleanor Dickey -- 5. Intellectual exchanges with the Arab world / Dimitris Gutas, Anthony Kaldellis and Brian Long -- Part II. Sciences of the Word -- 6. Rhetoric and rhetorical theory / Stratis Papaioannou -- 7. Byzantine literary criticism and the classical heritage / Manolis Bourbouhakis -- 8. Theories of art / Charles Barber -- 9. Legal thought / Bernard Stolte -- Part III. Sciences of the World -- 10. Conceptions of science in Byzantium / Dominic O'Meara -- 11. Astronomy / Anne Tihon -- 12. Astrology / Paul Magdalino -- 13. Magic and the occult sciences / Richard Greenfield -- 14. Alchemy / Gerasimos Merianos -- 15. Medical thought and practice / Timothy S. Miller -- Part IV. Philosophy and Theology in Middle Byzantium -- 16. Philosophy and Byzantine philosophy / Dimitris Gutas and Niketas Siniossoglou -- 17. The formation of the Patristic Tradition / John A. McGuckin -- Section 1. Platonic Themes -- 18. The Byzantine reception of Neoplatonism / Tuomo Lankila -- 19. Platonism from Maximos the Confessor to the Palaiologan period / Andrew Louth -- 20. Fate, free choice, and divine providence from the Neoplatonists to John of Damascus / Ken Parry -- Section 2. Aristotelian Themes -- 21. Logic in Byzantium / Christophe Erismann -- 22. The presence of Aristotle in Byzantine theology / David Bradshaw -- 23. Reading and commenting on Aristotle / Michele Trizio -- Section 3. Individuals in Context -- 24. Maximos the Confessor / Phil Booth -- 25. John of Damascus' philosophy of the individual and the theology of icons / Anna Zhyrkova -- 26. Michael Psellos / David Jenkins -- 27. Trials of philosophers and theologians under the Komnenoi / Michele Trizio -- Part V. Philosophy and Theology in Late Byzantium -- 28. Theological debates with the West, 1054-1300 / Tia Kolbaba -- 29. The Hesychast controversy / Norman Russell -- 30. Orthodox mystical theology and its intellectual roots / Andrew Louth -- 31. Kabbalah in Byzantium / Moshe Idel -- 32. Aquinas in Byzantium / Marcus Plested -- 33. Theology, philosophy, and politics at Ferrara-Florence / Marie-Helene Blanchet -- Part VI. Politics and History -- 34. Basileia : the idea of monarchy in Byzantium, 600-1200 / Paul Magdalino -- 35. Historiography as political debate / Dimitris Krallis -- 36. Theories of decline from Metochites to Ibn Khaldun / Teresa Shawcross -- 37. Plethon, Scholarios, and the late Byzantine state of emergency / Niketas Siniossoglou -- 38. The Byzantine legacy in early modern political thought / Paschalis M. Kitromilides.

I. The Christian Roman Empire and the foundation of the Teutonic kingdoms. 1911. -- II. The rise of the Saracens and the foundation of the Western empire. 1913. -- III. Germany and the Western empire. 1922. -- IV. The eastern Roman Empire (717-1453). 1923. -- V. Contest of empire and papacy. 1926. -- VI. Victory of the papacy. 1929. -- VII. Decline of empire and papacy. 1932. -- VIII. The close of the middle ages. 1936.

CLASS Stacks BR 60 .C43 ___
Modern critical editions mainly of previously unedited texts focusing on post-Nicene authors.

Corpus with critical editions, and partly with translation into modern European languages (Series Washingtonensis and Series Vindobonensis contain translations).

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So called "Bonn edition" or "Bonn corpus." Edition of Byzantine texts with Latin translation/paraphrases; many have been replaced by modern, critical editions, but not all.

The Historical Review / La Revue Historique is an annual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal that is published annually. It is a forum for publication of articles and book reviews covering cutting-edge, state-of-the-art historical research. Historical Review / La Revue Historique especially welcomes scholarly articles on the broad field of Hellenic Studies, and on the history of the Mediterranean and of Southeastern Europe, from the 16th century up the 20th century. We invite original papers and critical perspectives from all fields of historical inquiry within the social sciences and the humanities. The journal is bilingual (English and French). Historical Review / La Revue Historique is published by the Section of Neohellenic Research of the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, the largest historical research institute focusing on Greek history in the world.

Journal dedicated to the historiographical texts of Greece and Rome; Byzantine historiography; the historiography of other ancient cultures; ancient biography; the influence of historiography and biography on other literary genres; precursors of historiography and biography; modern theory relevant to the study of historiography; and indeed ancient use of non-literary media for the representation of the past.

The Suda is a 10th century Byzantine historical encyclopedia in five volumes, derived from the scholia to critical editions of canonical works and from compilations by earlier authors. As the Oxford Classical Dictionary notes, "in spite of its contradictions and other ineptitudes, [the Suda] is of the highest importance, since it preserves (however imperfectly) much that is ultimately derived from the earliest or best authorities in ancient scholarship, and includes material from many departments of Greek learning and civilization." The Suda has never been translated into English, and that is one goal of this project, but there are many other ways in which an electronic version can offer increased accessibility: the collaborators aim to produce a keyword-searchable database with annotations, bibliography, and links to Perseus, the TLG and other important electronic resources.