Djurslev's book is a useful contribution towards scholarship on the reception of Alexander. It should be a helpful reference and starting point for future work in this area. The occasional references to Coptic and Syriac works may even help inspire more research on Alexander's reception in these languages. Djurslev convincingly shows that there is much to be gained by casting a wider net in studies of the reception of Alexander.

The Classical Journal

The survey is clearly structured, thorough, and well argued. It contains a great deal of fascinating details (such as on Tatian's criticism of Aristotle's teaching: p. 44). The language is fresh and modern. The book is an important contribution to the studies of Alexander's reception. It is useful to students, very informative for scholars, and recommended for anyone interested in the multiple artificial images of Alexander in his afterlife.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review

A sparkling account of the Christian apologists.

Church History and Religious Culture

Christian Djurslev has addressed a neglected aspect of the study of both early Christian literature and the Alexander tradition. He has demonstrated that the memory and rhetorical utility of Alexander the Great transcended the ideological divides of Antiquity, and shown how the first Christian writers were like and unlike their pagan contemporaries.

Benjamin Garstad, Professor of Classics, MacEwan University, Canada