Beschrijving
While the chapters of this volume focus on late antique case studies from early Christian and Jewish sources sources, the methodological intervention speaks to the discipline of history as a whole.
The historian’s task involves unmasking the systems of power that underlie our sources. A historian must not only analyze the content and context of ancient sources, but also the structures of power, authority, and political contingency that account for their transmission, preservation, and survival. But as a tool for interpreting antiquity, \
