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Celebrating with words : studies in the rhetorical works of the Gaza School
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Year: 2010 Publisher: Uppsala : Uppsala universitet,

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Procopius of Caesarea : tyranny, history, and philosophy at the end of Antiquity
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ISBN: 0812237870 9786613211767 1283211769 0812202414 Year: 2004 Publisher: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press

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Justinian governed the Roman empire for more than thirty-eight years, and the events of his reign were recorded by Procopius of Caesarea, secretary of the general Belisarius. Yet, significantly, Procopius composed a history, a panegyric, as well as a satire of his own times. Anthony Kaldellis here offers a new interpretation of these writings of Procopius, situating him as a major source for the sixth century and one of the great historians of antiquity and Byzantium.Breaking from the scholarly tradition that views classicism as an affected imitation that distorted history, Kaldellis argues that Procopius was a careful student of the classics who displayed remarkable literary skill in adapting his models to the purposes of his own narratives. Classicism was a matter of structure and meaning, not just vocabulary. Through allusions Procopius revealed truths that could not be spoken openly; through anecdotes he exposed the broad themes that governed the history of his age.Elucidating the political thought of Procopius in light of classical historiography and political theory, Kaldellis argues that he owed little to Christianity, finding instead that he rejected the belief in providence and asserted the supremacy of chance. By deliberately alluding to Plato's discussions of tyranny, Procopius developed an artful strategy of intertextuality that enabled him to comment on contemporary individuals and events. Kaldellis also uncovers links between Procopius and the philosophical dissidents of the reign of Justinian. This dimension of his writing implies that his work is worthy of esteem not only for the accuracy of its reporting but also for its cultural polemic, political dissidence, and philosophical sophistication.Procopius of Caesarea has wide implications for the way we should read ancient historians. Its conclusions also suggest that the world of Justinian was far from monolithically Christian. Major writers of that time believed that classical texts were still the best guides for understanding history, even in the rapidly changing world of late antiquity.

Die Geschichtsphilosophie in der spätantiken Historiographie : Studien zu Prokopios von Kaisareia, Agathias von Myrina und Theophylaktos Simokattes
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ISBN: 3631525281 Year: 2004 Volume: 5


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Procopius of Caesarea : literary and historical interpretations
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ISBN: 9781317075486 131707548X 9781472466044 1472466047 1317075498 9781317075493 9781315602288 9781317075479 9780367880767 Year: 2018 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,

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Presenting new literary and historical interpretations of the sixth-century writer Procopius of Caesarea, the major historian of Justinian's reign, this volume aims to encourage dialogue and collaboration between international scholars. Although scholarship on Procopius has flourished since 2004, when the last monograph in English on Procopius was published, there has not been a collection of essays on the subject since 2000. Work on Procopius since 2004 has been surveyed by Geoffrey Greatrex in his international bibliography; Peter Sarris has revised the 1966 Penguin Classics translation of, and introduced, Procopius' Secret History (2007); and Anthony Kaldellis has edited, translated and introduced Procopius' Secret History, with related texts (2010), and has recently revised and modernised H.B. Dewing's Loeb translation of Procopius' Wars as The Wars of Justinian in 2014. This volume capitalises on the renaissance in Procopius-related studies by showcasing recent work on Procopius in all its diversity and vibrancy. It offers approaches that shed new light on Procopius' texts by comparing them with a variety of relevant textual sources. In particular, the volume pays close attention to the text and examines what it achieves as a literary work and what it says as an historical product.


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Masculinity, identity, and power politics in the age of Justinian : a study of Procopius
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ISBN: 9048540259 9462988234 Year: 2020 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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A generation of historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender found in the mid-sixth century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. Yet the notable but subtler ways in which gender coloured Procopius' most significant work, the Wars, have received far less attention. This monograph examines how gender shaped the presentation of not only key personalities such as the seminal power-couples Theodora/ Justinian and Antonina/ Belisarius, but also the Persians, Vandals, Goths, Eastern Romans, and Italo-Romans, in both the Wars and the Secret History. By analysing the purpose and rationale behind Procopius' gendered depictions and ethnicizing worldview, this investigation unpicks his knotty agenda. Despite Procopius's reliance on classical antecedents, the gendered discourse that undergirds both texts under investigation must be understood within the broader context of contemporary political debates at a time when control of Italy and North Africa from Constantinople was contested.


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Der Genesiskommentar : aus den "Eclogarum in libros historicos Veteris Testamenti epitome"
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ISBN: 9783110442762 9783110437454 9783110435610 3110442760 3110437457 3110435616 Year: 2016 Volume: 23 Publisher: Berlin: de Gruyter,

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Prokop von Gaza (ca. 465/470–526/530) verfasste einen großen Kommentar zu den meisten Geschichtsbüchern des Alten Testaments (CPG 7430, fälschlich als Oktateuchkatene bezeichnet). Die kritische Edition des ersten Teil, des Genesiskommentars, wurde kürzlich vorgelegt (GCS NF 22); hier folgt die deutsche Übersetzung, die erste Übersetzung in eine moderne Sprache (voraus ging nur die lateinische Übersetzung des Konrad Klauser, Zürich 1555), ergänzt durch kommentierende Anmerkungen. Hinter dem fortlaufenden Text Prokops verbirgt sich eine gewaltige Kompilationsarbeit von Exzerpten aus Werken der griechischen Kirchenväter. In einer reichen Bibliothek – vielleicht der des Origenes und Eusebius in Caesarea Maritima – konnten auch solche Werke exzerpiert werden, die später verloren gingen. Auch ohne die genaue Quellenanalyse der Edition gibt die Übersetzung ein umfassendes Bild dessen, was zu dieser Zeit als die gültige Exegese des Buches Genesis galt.


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Surveillance, privacy and security : citizens' perspectives
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ISBN: 9781138649248 1138649244 131561930X 1317213548 9781315619309 9781317213529 131721353X 0367667886 Year: 2017 Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This volume examines the relationship between privacy, surveillance and security, and the alleged privacy–security trade-off, focusing on the citizen’s perspective. Recent revelations of mass surveillance programmes clearly demonstrate the ever-increasing capabilities of surveillance technologies. The lack of serious reactions to these activities shows that the political will to implement them appears to be an unbroken trend. The resulting move into a surveillance society is, however, contested for many reasons. Are the resulting infringements of privacy and other human rights compatible with democratic societies? Is security necessarily depending on surveillance? Are there alternative ways to frame security? Is it possible to gain in security by giving up civil liberties, or is it even necessary to do so, and do citizens adopt this trade-off? This volume contributes to a better and deeper understanding of the relation between privacy, surveillance and security, comprising in-depth investigations and studies of the common narrative that more security can only come at the expense of sacrifice of privacy. The book combines theoretical research with a wide range of empirical studies focusing on the citizen’s perspective. It presents empirical research exploring factors and criteria relevant for the assessment of surveillance technologies. The book also deals with the governance of surveillance technologies. New approaches and instruments for the regulation of security technologies and measures are presented, and recommendations for security policies in line with ethics and fundamental rights are discussed. This book will be of much interest to students of surveillance studies, critical security studies, intelligence studies, EU politics and IR in general. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 license.<

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