Apocalypse. An Alexandrian World Chronicle

Name: Apocalypse. An Alexandrian World Chronicle
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By Pseudo-Methodius

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

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The volume features two significant Late Antique texts that travelled across the Mediterranean. The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius responds to the seventh-century Arab invasions and the rise of the Muslim empire, translated swiftly from Syriac into Greek and Latin. This influential work shaped medieval perceptions of the world's end, reactions to new invaders like the Mongols and Turks, and even altered legends surrounding Alexander the Great. Alongside, An Alexandrian World Chronicle (Excerpta Latina Barbari) offers an early Christian universal chronicle rich in ethnography, geography, and myth, bridging Greek and Frankish traditions and reflecting diplomatic and conversion efforts in the early medieval period.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in medieval history, religious studies, and Late Antique literature, especially those exploring the cultural and historical impact of early Christian chronicles and responses to Islamic expansion.

The Apocalypse informed medieval expectations of the end of the world, responses to strange and exotic invaders, and the legend of Alexander the Great. An Alexandrian World Chronicle represented the early Christian chronicle tradition that would dominate medieval historiography. Both crossed the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity.

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This volume contains two texts that crossed the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity. The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the first works composed in response to the Arab invasions and the establishment of the Muslim empire in the seventh century. In a matter of decades, it was translated from its original Syriac into Greek and from Greek into Latin. (Both the Greek and Latin texts are presented here.)

The Apocalypse enjoyed immense popularity throughout the Middle Ages, informing expectations of the end of the world, responses to strange and exotic invaders like the Mongols and Turks, and even the legendary versions of the life of Alexander the Great.

An Alexandrian World Chronicle (Excerpta Latina Barbari) was considered important by no less a humanist than Joseph Scaliger. He recognised it as a representative of an early stage in the Christian chronicle tradition that would dominate medieval historiography. The original Greek text may have been a diplomatic gift from the court of Justinian to a potential ally among Frankish royalty, translated two centuries later by the Franks themselves in their efforts to convert the pagan Saxons.

In addition to presenting a universal chronicle with a comprehensive ethnography and geography, the Excerpta offer a Euhemeristic narrative of the gods and another account of Alexander.