This broad-based critical edition is the first-ever modern translation of all three adaptations of the hagiography of St. Abercius. Consisting of Greek and English translations and a comprehensive critical text, this is an invaluable resource for those studying early Christianity, early church history, and hagiography.

PART 1: Introduction; 1. Stone, Story, and Scholarship: Introducing Abercius; 2. Chronology and Context: Historical considerations; 3. Doctrine and Discourse: The Christocentric version; 4. A Model Metaphrasis: The Hagiocentric version; 5. Tomb Terminology: The Epigraphic version; 6. Curious and Concise: The Epitome and Synaxarion; 7. Reconstructing a Reading: The Inscription text; 8. Tracing Traditions: Twenty-nine manuscripts; 9. A Broader Base: Critical text and apparatus; 10. Style, Scholars, and Sectioning: English translations; PART 2: The Texts-Greek and English; 1. The Christocentric version; 2. The Hagiocentric version; 3. The Epigraphic version; 4. The Epitome; 5. The Synaxarion; 6. The Inscription.