Preface

Cast of Characters

Introduction: Scholars, Books, and Libraries in the Christian Tradition

1. Origen at Caesarea: A Christian Philosopher among his Books

2. Origen's Hexapla: Scholarship, Culture, and Power

3. Eusebius's Chronicle: History Made Visible

4. Eusebius at Caesarea: A Christian Impresario of the Codex

Coda: Caesarea in History and Tradition

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

photo of Anthony Grafton

Anthony Grafton is Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Chair of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University.

Megan Williams is Assistant Professor of History, San Francisco State University.

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