Preface (V)
Introduction (1-23)
Overview of Previous Scholarship (4-7)
Text Transmission in Antiquity (8-10)
Factors Affecting the Transmission of Texts (10-23)
1. The Great Persecution, the Emperor Julian and Christian Reactions (24-61)
1.1 Laws against Astrologers and Magicians before the Fourth Century (24-27)
1.2 The Great Persecution (27-31)
1.3 Constantine (31-35)
1.4 Christian Reactions to the Great Persecution (35-54)
1.5 Julian and the Constantinian Dynasty (54-57)
1.6 Christian Reactions to the Emperor Julian (57-60)
1.7 Conclusion (60-61)
2. Fahrenheit AD 451 – Imperial Legislation and Public Authority (62-110)
2.1 Magic Trials under the Emperor Valens (64-69)
2.2 The Theodosian Dynasty (69-77)
2.3 Philosophy and Astrology (77-85)
2.4 Curiosity and Illness (85-91)
2.5 Rutilius Namatianus and the Burning of the Sibylline Books (91-93)
2.6 Magic and Hellenist Trials in the Fifth Century (93-96)
2.7 Codex Justinianus (96-101)
2.8 Religious Inquisitions in the Age of Justinian (102-109)
2.9 Conclusion (109-110)
3. Holy Men, Clerics and Ascetics (111-148)
3.1 Book-Burning in the Acts of the Apostles (111-113)
3.2 Ecclesiastical Law in Late Antiquity (114-116)
3.3 Philosophy and Heresy (116-123)
3.4 Zacharias' Life of Severus (124-132)
3.5 „I Give You Power to Trample on Serpents“ (132-137)
3.6 Individuals Renouncing their Past (137-144)
3.7 Philosophy and Magic (144-146)
3.8 Conclusion (146-148)
4. Materialist Philosophy (149-197)
4.1 Materialist Philosophies in Late Antiquity (151-157)
4.2 Christianity and Ancient Materialist Philosophy (157-163)
4.3 Augustine's Letter to Dioscorus (163-174)
4.4 The Eschatological Crisis of Babylon and Jerusalem (174-182)
4.5 Prudentius and Epicurus (182-186)
4.6 Polemics against Materialist Philosophies in the East (186-195)
4.7 Conclusion (195-197)
5. Moral Disapproval of Literary Genres (198-237)
5.1 John Chrysostom and the Decline of Ancient Philosophy (200-209)
5.2 Libanius' Complaints (209-212)
5.3 The Decline of Libraries in Rome (212-217)
5.4 The Jerome-Rufinus Controversy (217-219)
5.5 Christianity and Classical Literature (220-230)
5.6 Christianity and Paideia (231-235)
5.7 Conclusion (235-237)
6. Destruction of Libraries (238-261)
6.1 A Temple Destroyed in Antioch (239-241)
6.2 The Palatine Library in Rome (241-243)
6.3 The Library of Alexandria (243-255)
6.4 The Sack of Rome (256-258)
6.5 The Library of Constantinople (258-260)
6.6 Conclusion (260-261)
7. The Post-Roman Successor States (262-295)
7.1 Burning and Confiscation of Books after the Fall of Rome (263-278)
7.2 Ecclesiastical Law (278-281)
7.3 Isidore of Seville (281-289)
7.4 Membra Disiecta (289-294)
7.5 Conclusion (294-295)
Conclusion (296-302)
Bibliography (303-324)
Primary literature (303-310)
Secondary literature (310-324)
Index of persons (325-329)
Subject index (330-337)
Index of passages (338-360)
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