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Volume 48

Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of World Authors from Classical Antiquity through the Fourteenth Century, from the First Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Elisabeth Gellert Jelena O. Krstovic´

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Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of CMLC. Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN CMLC, VOLUME 48, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

Australasian Journal of Philosophy, v. 74, June, 1996. Reproduced by permission.—Centaurs, v. 24, 1991. Reproduced by permission.—Colby Quarterly, v. 30, September, 1994. Reproduced by permission.—Journal of Roman Studies, v. 56, 1966 for “The Date and Identity of Macrobius” by Alan Cameron. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and author.—Judaism, v. 40, Fall, 1991; v. 43, Winter, 1994; v. 44, Summer, 1995 . All reproduced by permission.—Medium Aevum, v. 35, 1966; v. 54, 1985. Both reproduced by permission.—Revue de Litérature Comparee, v. 53, 1979. Reproduced by permission.—Theology Today, v. 55, April, 1998 for “A Good Being Would Envy None Life: Athanasius on the Goodness of God,” by Alvyn Pettersen. Reproduced by permission of publisher and author.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN CMLC, VOLUME 48, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Bergson, Henri. From The Philosophy of Poetry: The Genius of Lucretius. Edited and translated by Wade Baskin. Philosophical Library, 1959. Copyright 1959 by Philosophical Library, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Philosophical Library, NY.— Blenkinsopp, Joseph. From A History of Prophecy in Israel. The Westminster Press, 1983. Copyright © 1983 Joseph Blenkinsopp. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Elm, Susanna. From ‘Virgins of God’: The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity. Clarendon Press, 1994. Copyright © Susanna Elm 1994. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Esolen, Anthony M. From On the Nature of Things: De rerum natura. By Lucretius, translated by Anthony M. Esolen. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. Reproduced by permission.— Gonzalez, Justo L. From A History of Christian Thought, Vol. I: From the Beginnings of the Council of Chalcedon. Revised edition. Abingdon Press, 1987. Copyright © 1970, 1987 by Abingdon Press. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, Abingdon Press. Hagglund, Bengt. From History of Theology. Translated by Gene J. Lund. Concordia Publishing House, 1968. Copyright 1968 by Concordia Publishing House. Reproduced by permission.— Hall, Christopher

A. From Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers. InterVarsity Press, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Christopher A. Hall. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Hardy, Edward Rochie. From Christology of the Later Fathers. Edited by Edward Rochie Hardy with Cyril R. Richardson. SCM Press Ltd, 1954. Reproduced by permission.—Kershner, Frederick

D. From Pioneers of Christian Thought. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. Copyright 1930 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Reproduced by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.—Levine, Philip. From Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon’s Problem after Two Centuries. Edited by Lynn White, Jr. University of California Press, 1966. Copyright © 1966 by The Regents of the University of California. Reproduced by permission.—Limburg, James. From Jonah: A Commentary. Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993. Copyright © 1993 James Limburg. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Marcus, David. From From Balaam to Jonah: Anti-Prophetic Satire in the Hebrew Bible. Scholars Press, 1995. Copyright © 1995 Brown University. Reproduced by permission.—Minadeo, Richard. From The Lyre of Science: Form and Meaning in Lucretius’ “De Rerum Natura”. Wayne State University Press, 1969. Copyright © 1969 by Wayne State University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.—Mineral, J. D. From Lucretius and the Late Republic: An Essay in Roman Intellectual History. E. J. Brill, 1985. Copyright 1985 by E. J. Brill. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Nicholas, James H., Jr. From Marcus, David. From Balaam to Jonah: Anti-Prophetic Satire in the Hebrew Bible. Scholars Press, 1995. Copyright © 1995 Brown University. Reproduced by permission. Cornell University Press, 1976. Copyright © 1972, 1976 by Cornell University. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Cornell University Press.—Pettersen, Alvyn. From Athanasius. Geoffrey Chapman, 1995. Copyright © Alvyn Pettersen 1995. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Sasson, Jack M. From Jonah: A New Translation with

Introduction, Commentary, and Interpretation. Doubleday, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by Doubleday. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Stahl, William Harris. From Macrobius: Commentary on the Dream of Scipio. Translated by William Harris Stahl. Columbia University Press, 1952. Copyright 1952 Columbia University Press. Reproduced by permission.—Thomson, Robert W. From Contra Gentes and De Incarnatione. By Athanasius, edited and translated by Robert W. Thomson. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1971. © Oxford University Press 1971. Reproduced by permission.— Torrance, Thomas F. From Trinitarian Perspectives: Toward Doctrinal Agreement. T & T Clark, 1994. Copyright ©T&T Clark Ltd, 1994. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Wolff, Hans Walter. From Obadiah and Jonah: A Commentary. Translated by Margaret Kohl. Augsburg Publishing House, 1986. Copyright © SPCK, London, and Augsburg Publishing House, 1986. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS APPEARING IN CMLC, VOLUME 48, WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES:

Bust of Titus Lucretius Carus, photograph. Archive Photos, Inc. Reproduced by permission.—Frontispiece, engraving by Andre Thevet from “Les Vrais Povrtraits.” Special Collections Library, University of Michigan. Reproduced by permission.—Lucretius, engraving. The Library of Congress.—Repose of Jonah, illustration. Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, Rome, Italy. Reproduced by permission.—Repose of Jonah, relief sculpture from a sarcophagus from Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome, c. 3rd century. Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, Rome, Italy. Reproduced by permission.—St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, photograph. © Bettmann/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Title page from “Illustrious Works Integrating Notes and Observations of Isacus, Pntanus, Johannes Meursius, Jacobus Granovius,” by Aurelius Theodosius. Special Collections Library, University of Michigan. Reproduced by permission.

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