Tertullian (Early Church Fathers)

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Summary: New translations of Tertullian
Review: This contains a set of prefaces, and new English translations of Adversus Iudaeos (mercifully without political correctness), Scorpiace, and De Virginibus Velandis.

The book is typeset in a way familiar to all who have ever bought a university textbook. Those are always appalling to read, because they know that people will have to read them, easy to read or not. Shame on you, Routledge, for this.

The prefaces are really useful and provide an up-to-date overview of anglophone thinking on Tertullian. The importance of rhetoric in his work is emphasised, a useful section of scripture is included.

The translations are rather dull. In fact they are too literal to be easy to read. Something more lively would have been better, but probably less accurate. Still, they will appear in footnotes for years.

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