Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The series is devoted to Christian texts from the Greek-speaking parts of the ancient Roman Empire. Published since 1897 (first in Leipzig, then in Berlin) by the Royal Prussian Academy under the project Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller, which was continued by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, the series offers large critical editions accompanied by historical introductions and indices of those works that have not been included in other major editions. When complete, the series will provide complete coverage of the first three centuries.
Synopsis
Die Reihe Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte (GCS) ver ffentlicht seit 1897 (zuerst in Leipzig, dann in Berlin) die Ergebnisse des Akademieprojektes Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller, begonnen in der damaligen K niglich Preu ischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, unter dem Titel Die alexandrinische und antiochenische Bibelexegese fortgef hrt in der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Sie bietet in gro en kritischen Ausgaben mit historisch orientierenden Einleitungen und Registern diejenigen Werke, die urspr nglich im griechischsprachigen Teil des antiken kaiserzeitlichen Christentums entstanden sind und nicht von den anderen gro en Editionsreihen herausgegeben werden. F r die ersten drei Jahrhunderte wird dabei Vollst ndigkeit angestrebt.
Synopsis
The series of Greek Christian Writers of the First Centuries AD (GCS) started in Leipzig in 1897, then moved to Berlin, and to Walter de Gruyter in 2001 and has been publishing the results of the Academy Project "Greek Christian Writers", which was launched in the then Royal Prussian Academy and has been continued by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy. It publishes large critical editions with historically-oriented introductions and indexes of those works which originated in the Graecophone part of the ancient Christian Roman Empire and have not been included in the other major series of editions. The objective is to provide complete coverage of the first three centuries.