Pseudo-Nilus’s Narrationes: a product of Julian’s edict against Christian teachers?

Ward, Walter 2023. Pseudo-Nilus’s Narrationes: a product of Julian’s edict against Christian teachers? Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture 17 , pp. 131-139. 10.18573/jlarc.139

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Abstract

This paper suggests that the Narrationes, which have been attributed to Nilus of Ancyra or an unknown Sinai monk, was composed as a result of the Emperor Julian’s Edict prohibiting Christians from teaching pagan literature. This article begins by describing the Narrationes and how scholarship has identified its author and composition date. It then presents the evidence of the Sinai monastic communities as described in the Narrationes as indicative of a fourth century date.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Cardiff University
ISSN:	1754-517X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	13 November 2023
Date of Acceptance:	12 July 2023
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2023 15:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163858

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