Preliminary Material /Elizabeth Jeffreys , Brian Croke and Roger Scott -- Malalas, the man and his work /Brian Croke -- Byzantine chronicle writing /Brian Croke
Malalas' purpose in writing his work is twofold: 1) to set out the course of sacred history as interpreted by the Christian chronicle tradition (covered by Book
Byzantine chronicles have traditionally been regarded as a somewhat inferior form of Byzantine history writing, especially in comparison with 'classicizing' his