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Divine Institutes. For Irenaeus’ Against Heresies, there is the
excellent Grant 1997. Eusebius of Caesarea is well served by a
number of translators. His Life of Constantine is given thorough
treatment by Cameron and Hall 1999. For the Tricennial Orations,
see Drake 1976. Much older, but still worth consulting, is Lawlor
and Oulton 1927–8: a treasure trove of information on the
Ecclesiastical Historyand the Martyrs of Palestine.

Non-Christian literary sources

Many of the most important classical sources (Tacitus, Suetonius,
Pliny) are available in the Loeb Classical Library (Harvard
University Press), giving text and translation; translations only
are provided in paperback series such as Penguin Classics and
Oxford World’s Classics. These series include also some Jewish
works such as Josephus (Loeb; Jewish Waralso in Penguin) and
Philo (Loeb). For Jewish apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, see
Charlesworth 1983–5. The Dead Sea Scrolls are available in
Vermes 1997.

Documentary sources: inscriptions and papyri

Access to documentary sources can be difficult (or intimidating)
for beginners, since it often means delving into large and dusty
volumes. There is a useful introduction in Snyder 1985: 119–62.
Perhaps the easiest way in for beginners is via the various source-
books now available, although many of these contain extracts
from literary sources too. For the period covered in this book,
the time-honoured compendium is Stevenson 1987. Also useful
(although the translations are often gathered from old-fashioned
versions) is Novak 2001. For the pagan background, see the
second volume of Beard, North, and Price 1998. Also useful here
is Klauck 2000b, although he is guilty of imposing a Christian-
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