Early Christianity & Patristics
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Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity [Hardback]
Ellen Muehlberger (Author)
£64.00ISBN: 9780190459161
Published by : Oxford University Press
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Late antiquity saw a proliferation of Christian texts dwelling on the emotions and physical sensations of dying, not as a heroic martyr in a public square or a judge's court, but as an individual, at home in a bed or in a private room. In sermons,... .... Learn More -
Christians in Conversation: A Guide to Late Antique Dialogues in Greek and Syriac [Hardback]
Alberto Rigolio (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780190915452
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity
This book addresses a particular and little-known form of writing, the prose dialogue, during the Late Antique period, when Christian authors adopted and transformed the dialogue form to suit the new needs of religious debate. Connected to, but de... .... Learn More -
St. Cyril of Alexandria: Glaphyra on the Pentateuch, Volume 1: Genesis [Hardback]
Nicholas P. Lunn (Editor); Gregory K. Hillis (Editor)
£47.50ISBN: 9780813231310
Published by : Catholic University of America Press
Series: The Fathers of the Church
Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 376-444) is best known for his defense of orthodoxy at the time of the Nestorian controversy over the nature of Christ. However, by far the larger part of Cyril's literary output consisted of commentaries on books of both ... .... Learn More -
More Sayings of the Desert Fathers: An English Translation and Notes [Hardback]
John Wortley (Editor); Samuel Rubenson (Editor)
£79.99ISBN: 9781108471084
Published by : Cambridge University Press
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Most of the Tales and Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegms) have survived in Greek and most of them are now available in English, almost 2500 in number. A further six hundred items in six languages have been available in French for some time... .... Learn More -
Divine Perfection and Human Potentiality: The Trinitarian Anthropology of Hilary of Poitiers [Hardback]
Jarred A. Mercer (Author)
£64.00ISBN: 9780190903534
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
The place of Hilary of Poitiers in the debates and developments of early Christianity is tenuous in contemporary scholarship. His invaluable historical position is unquestioned, but the coherence and significance of his own thought is less certain... .... Learn More -
Eusebius and Empire: Constructing Church and Rome in the Ecclesiastical History [Hardback]
James Corke-Webster (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781108474078
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, written in the early fourth century, continues to serve as our primary gateway to a crucial three hundred year period: the rise of early Christianity under the Roman Empire. In this volume, James Corke-Webster und... .... Learn More -
Beyond Intolerance: The Meeting of Milan of 313 AD and the Evolution of Imperial Religious Policy from the Age of the Tetrarchs to Julian the Apostate [Paperback]
Davide Dainese (Editor); Viola Gheller (Editor)
£120.00ISBN: 9782503574493
Published by : Brepols
Series: Studi E Testi Tardoantichi
Volume: 14
313 AD is generally considered as a "turning point" in religious and political Western history. The meeting of Constantine and Licinius in Milan and the subsequent "edict" not only recognised to the Christians the right to assemble and practice th... .... Learn More -
The Body and Desire: Gregory of Nyssa's Ascetical Theology [Hardback]
Raphael A. Cadenhead (Author)
£74.00ISBN: 9780520297968
Published by : University of California Press
Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity
Volume: 4
Although the reception of the Eastern Father, Gregory of Nyssa, has varied over the centuries, the past few decades have witnessed a profound awakening of interest in his thought. The Body and Desire sets out to retrieve the full range of Gregory'... .... Learn More -
Preaching and Popular Christianity: Reading the Sermons of John Chrysostom [Hardback]
James Daniel Cook (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780198835998
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
The vast homiletic corpus of John Chrysostom has received renewed attention in recent years as a source for the wider cultural and historical context within which his sermons were preached. Scholars have demonstrated the exciting potential his ser... .... Learn More -
An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity [Paperback]
Delbert Burkett (Author)
£44.99ISBN: 9781316624944
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Series: Introduction to Religion
First published in 2002, this book offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the New Testament and early Christian literature for all students of the Bible and the origins of Christianity. Delbert Burkett focuses on the New Testament,... .... Learn More
