{"product_id":"early-christian-biographies-pontius-9780813213095","title":"Early Christian Biographies","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost readers are quite likely to have some basic information about St. Cyprian (d. 258), St. Ambrose (ca. 339-397) and St. Augustine (354-430). Fewer readers are likely to be equally informed about St. Anthony (251?-356), St. Paul the Hermit (d. ca.340), St. Hilarion (ca. 291-371) and St. Epiphanius (438\/439-496\/497). Perhaps hardly any reader is acquainted with the holy monk Malchus, presumably a contemporary of St. Jerome (ca. 342-420) and son of a tenant farmer near Nisbis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the saints' lives presented here, though the volume is entitled \u003ci\u003eEarly Christian Biographies, \u003c\/i\u003e belong in reality to quite another category, hagiography. The primary requisite of this genre is to serve a religious purpose: edification. Herein hagiography differs considerably from a modern critical biography which demands historically verifiable events and accounts. Nevertheless the account of Malchus, as it is presented in this volume, is unique. St. Jerome writes: \"Drawn by curiosity I approached the man and inquired with eager interest if there were any truth in what I had heard. He related the following story\" (p. 288). If we may take St. Jerome at his word, the \u003ci\u003eLife of Malchus\u003c\/i\u003e could well be an autobiography. In any event, many generations have come to look upon these accounts as classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pontius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813213096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813213095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catholic University of America Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d","brand":"Pontius","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926395846911,"sku":"9780813213095","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4caa5227-1193-4e2a-8db5-b10dc0034cdf.jpg?v=1681082849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-christian-biographies-pontius-9780813213095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}