{"product_id":"9780520964983","title":"Epiphanius of Cyprus: A Cultural Biography of Late Antiquity","description":"Epiphanius, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus from 367 to 403 C.E., was incredibly influential in the last decades of the fourth century. Whereas his major surviving text (the \u003ci\u003ePanarion\u003c\/i\u003e, an encyclopedia of heresies) is studied for lost sources, Epiphanius himself is often dismissed as an anti-intellectual eccentric, a marginal figure of late antiquity. In this book, Andrew Jacobs moves Epiphanius from the margin back toward the center and proposes we view major cultural themes of late antiquity in a new light altogether. Through an examination of the key cultural concepts of celebrity, conversion, discipline, scripture, and salvation, Jacobs shifts our understanding of \"late antiquity\" from a transformational period open to new ideas and peoples toward a Christian Empire that posited a troubling, but ever-present, \"otherness\" at the center of its cultural production.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120112812272,"sku":"9780520964983","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780520964983_p0.jpg?v=1763709984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780520964983","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}