Early Christianity

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Early Christianity Examining sources and case studies, this fascinating book explores early Christianity, how it was studied, ho ...

Classical Foundations The books in this series introduce students to the broad areas of study within classical studies and ancie ...

Early Christianity ...

First published 2006 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Ca ...

For Tim, Ash, Luke, and Joey ...

God shall have a starring role in my history of the world. How could it be otherwise? If He exists, then He is responsible for t ...

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3 The search for early Christianity: sources and their interpretation 64 Christian literature 65 Jewish and pagan literature 82 ...

CONTENTS Mark Humphries ...

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Preface It is quite a challenge, I have discovered, to write a book that explains not only what one does, but also how and even ...

efficiently. I have been saved from many errors and infelicities by the perceptive copy-editing of Frances Brown. Others too hav ...

Introduction: how to use this book This book is designed for those beginning the study of early Christianity, particularly stude ...

Methods of citation All sources, ancient and modern, are cited in parentheses in the main text. This is intended to cut down on ...

The citation of ancient sources particularly must seem somewhat arcane to those unfamiliar with the study of the ancient world. ...

Where there is more than one letter sent to the same addressee, or where a number of letters are ascribed to the one author, I h ...

Christ; events happened, therefore, ‘in the year of the Lord’, or, in Dionysius’ Latin, Anno Domini. Unfortunately, and notoriou ...

early Christian theology and classical philosophy, early Christian attitudes to gender, or questions of early Christian doctrine ...

For all its limitations, I hope that the book will touch on areas that are of interest to most students of early Christianity, a ...