Hilary of Poitiers' Preface to his Opus Historicum

What precisely does Hilary's so-called Opus Historicum aim at? His Preface provides the clue. An introduction to the present edition sketches the mutilated work's discovery, tabulates its contents, and discusses problems of dating and authenticity.The English translation, which faces the Latin text, adopts some alternative readings. The Preface is elucidated in itself, and by reference to the earl...