The History of the Church

Here is a fresh, sparkling translation of Eusebius of Caesarea's The History of the Church. It is distinguished by Jeremy Schott’s ability to highlight the literary dimensions of the work, to help contemporary readers understand and appreciate the cultural influences that shaped Eusebius’s story of Christian writers and their writings.—Gregory Allen Robbins, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Denver   The introductory material in this book is an extremely effective distillation of many of the most insightful scholarly investigations into Eusebius’s text, its themes, and its reception. Schott has done an excellent job of balancing the clarity of flow of his English and fidelity to the Greek. In sum, Schott has created the new standard English translation for The History of the Church.—Edward Watts, Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair in Byzantine Greek History, University of California, San Diego   Jeremy Schott is the ideal translator for Eusebius’s The History of the Church. Schott thoroughly contextualizes Eusebius in the most important cultural, ecclesiastical, and political currents. This new translation will be indispensable for teaching the early history of the Christian church as well as late Roman history and courses on Late Antiquity. This will be the definitive English translation for decades to come.—Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara