What Caesarea Has to Do with Alexandria? The Christian Library between Myth and Reality.
This article critically reevaluates the available sources concerning the library of Caesarea, commonly known as the first Christian library established towards the end of the 3rd century CE by the martyr Pamphilus, who was the teacher and close associate of Eusebius of Caesarea. The main contention...
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Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies
2024
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