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1992. The curious Easter practices in Asia are investigated by
      Stewart-Sykes 1998.
      For the conflict between orthodoxy and heresy, Bauer 1972
      is fundamental; see also R. Williams 1989; Logan 1996. Frend
      1985 provides a lively introduction to the whole topic of schism
      and heresy. For Montanus see Trevett 1996. The relationship
      between doctrine and text can be approached via Metzger 1987,
      Ehrman 1993, Gamble 1995, and Stanton 2004.
      There is a huge bibliography on Nag Hammadi and
      Gnosticism, so I will be very selective. The texts themselves are
      most easily accessible in Layton 1987 and Robinson 1988 – the
      latter is much to be preferred because it presents the tracts in the
      order in which they occur in the codices. Layton rearranges them
      thematically, something which gives the misleading impression
      that they constitute a coherent collection. General surveys of the
      issues may be found in Rudolph 1983, and in various readable
      studies by Elaine Pagels (1979, 1988, 2003). On the provenance
      of the texts, see Goehring 2001, while Harmless 2004: 160–3
      provides a useful survey of the supposed link with the monastery
      of Pachomius. For the problems of defining Gnosticism, see
      M. H. Williams 1996 and King 2003. Implications for the canon
      are discussed in Ehrman 2003. For a further indication of how
      the reading of ancient texts can be seen to be influenced by
      modern agendas, see Lamberigts 1989.

Chapter 6

For general works on the interaction between the Christians and
the Roman empire, see Markus 1974, MacMullen 1984, Lane Fox
1986, and Clark 2004. For a view of Christianity in the context
of Roman paganism, see Beard, North, and Price 1998.
The persecutions have probably been responsible for the
spilling of more ink than blood. Much older work (and some
recent work too, alas) is hamstrung by being excessively partisan
and accepting of hagiographical traditions. The classic treatment
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