David J Devore
Biographic Data
| ID | 988877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Devore |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Devore |
| SIGNATURE | DEVORE D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3641-2387 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ambiguous Christians and Their Useful Texts
Eusebius did not represent all heretics in the Ecclesiastical History as equally pernicious. This paper presents close readings of Eusebius’ chapters about three relatively benign heretics, namely Tatian ( Historia ecclesiastica 4,29), Bardaisan (4,30), and Symmachus (6,17), and I also explore Rhodon ( Historia ecclesiastica 5,13), a student of Tatian whom Eusebius never labels a heretic. Three inferences emerge from these readings. First, rather…
Time in Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History, a seminal late-antique historical narrative, features three periodizations of the church’s past. First, a soteriological periodization divides God’s relationship with humanity at Christ’s Incarnation, an event that Eusebius marks in Book 1 with detailed commentary on the gospels rather than narrative. Second, an ecclesiastical periodization divides pristine, heroic apostolic times from post-apostolic times. The …
‘The Only Event Mightier Than Everyone’s Hope’
Classicists have downplayed ecclesiastical historians’ participation in classical historiography. This study provides a test case for Christian engagement with classical historiography through a close reading of Eusebius’ account of the Plague of Cyprian in the Ecclesiastical History (7.21–2). Deploying carefully-selected quotations from Dionysius, the bishop of Alexandria in the 250s AD, Eusebius referenced Thucydides’ plague and invited compari…
Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic
The dominant agenda for scholarship about ancient Greek and Roman historical writing has long been the explication of historians’ contributions to debates in their respective contemporary contexts. This basically New-Historicist trend has percolated beyond the canonical ancient historians to lesser-known thinkers such as Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Cassius Dio, Herodian, and the subject of Muntz’s monograph, Diodorus of Sicily. Diodorus, active f…
Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic
The dominant agenda for scholarship about ancient Greek and Roman historical writing has long been the explication of historians’ contributions to debates in their respective contemporary contexts. This basically New-Historicist trend has percolated beyond the canonical ancient historians to lesser-known thinkers such as Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Cassius Dio, Herodian, and the subject of Muntz’s monograph, Diodorus of Sicily. Diodorus, active f…
Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic
The dominant agenda for scholarship about ancient Greek and Roman historical writing has long been the explication of historians’ contributions to debates in their respective contemporary contexts. This basically New-Historicist trend has percolated beyond the canonical ancient historians to lesser-known thinkers such as Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Cassius Dio, Herodian, and the subject of Muntz’s monograph, Diodorus of Sicily. Diodorus, active f…
‘The Only Event Mightier Than Everyone’s Hope’
Classicists have downplayed ecclesiastical historians’ participation in classical historiography. This study provides a test case for Christian engagement with classical historiography through a close reading of Eusebius’ account of the Plague of Cyprian in the Ecclesiastical History (7.21–2). Deploying carefully-selected quotations from Dionysius, the bishop of Alexandria in the 250s AD, Eusebius referenced Thucydides’ plague and invited compari…
Time in Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History, a seminal late-antique historical narrative, features three periodizations of the church’s past. First, a soteriological periodization divides God’s relationship with humanity at Christ’s Incarnation, an event that Eusebius marks in Book 1 with detailed commentary on the gospels rather than narrative. Second, an ecclesiastical periodization divides pristine, heroic apostolic times from post-apostolic times. The …
Ambiguous Christians and Their Useful Texts
Eusebius did not represent all heretics in the Ecclesiastical History as equally pernicious. This paper presents close readings of Eusebius’ chapters about three relatively benign heretics, namely Tatian ( Historia ecclesiastica 4,29), Bardaisan (4,30), and Symmachus (6,17), and I also explore Rhodon ( Historia ecclesiastica 5,13), a student of Tatian whom Eusebius never labels a heretic. Three inferences emerge from these readings. First, rather…
Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Classics (2 works)