what did late ancient people know about them, and how was that knowledge expressed in people's actions? This book explores the activity of knowing in late antiquity by focusing on thirteen major concepts from the intellectual, social, political, and cultural history of the period.
"Informed by up-to-date theoretical concerns, Late Ancient Knowing offers original ways of approaching not only what persons in the late antique world knew but by what criteria they ordered their world so that they could grasp it. Gathering innovative scholars who are widely recognized within the field, this volume delivers."-Susanna Elm, Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church: Emperor Julian, Gregory of Nazianzus, and the Vision of Rome
"The essays gathered in this volume develop new and sophisticated ways of understanding late ancient knowledge within a historical context, bridging between the history of science (including topics like medicine and cosmology but also reaching out to subjects that anticipate linguistics, anthropology, and even zoology) and cultural studies. Well-written, cogent, and coherent, Late Ancient Knowing is very accessible to scholarly readers."-Steven P. Weitzman, Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew at the University of Pennsylvania
"What the best essays in Late Ancient Knowing do is showcase how a scholar’s creativity and imagination can bring the late antique past back to life in unique ways."
