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Christianity in Late Antiquity, 300-450 C. E. A Reader

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ISBN-10: 0195154606

ISBN-13: 9780195154603

Edition: 2004

Authors: Bart D. Ehrman, Andrew S. Jacobs, Andrew S. Jacobs, Andrew S. Jacobs

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Between 300 and 450 C.E., Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, developed new notions of sanctity and heresy, and spread beyond the Mediterranean world. This reader collects primary sources from the early Christian world--from authors such as Augustine, Athanasius, and Eusebius--in the most recent translations and also includes less familiar texts, some of which appear in English translation for the first time. Presented in their entirety or in long excerpts, the texts are arranged thematically and cover such topics as orthodoxy, conversion, asceticism, and art and architecture. Ehrman provides introductions for each chapter, text, and image.
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List price: $122.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/25/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 9.29" wide x 7.52" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and graduated from Wheaton College in 1978. He earned his Masters of Divinity and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and has taught at Rutgers University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor. He has published more than 20 scholarly and popular books, including three New York Times bestsellers, plus numerous articles and book reviews.

Preface
Time Line
Map
General Introduction
The End of Persecution
The Acts of Saint Felix
Lactantius: The Death of the Persecutors
Christianity and the Imperial House
The Origin of Constantine
Eusebius: The Life of Constantine
Zosimus: The New History
Julian: Letters on Religion
Ephraim: Hymns Against Julian
Ambrose: On the Death of TheodosiusChristianity and Roman Law
Theodosian Code: On Religion
The Novellas
Becoming a ChristianConversion
Augustine: Confessions
Sulpicius Severus: The Life of Saint Martin
Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the JewsCatechesis and Initiation
Augustine: On Catechizing the Unlearned
John Chrysostom: Second Baptismal Instruction
Christian Leadership
Canons of Hippolytus
Testament of the Lord
Gregory of Nazianzus: On Himself and the Bishops
Aphrahat: Demonstration 10: On Pastors
Heresy and OrthodoxyTrinitarian Controversy
Arius: Thalia
Alexander of Alexandria: Letter to Alexander of Constantinople
Arius: Letter to Alexander of Alexandria
Gregory of Nazianzus: Third Theological OrationChristological Controversy
Nestorius: Letter to Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria: Third Letter to NestoriusThe Nature of Humanity
Athanasius: On the Incarnation of the Word
Jerome: Letter to Ctesiphon (Against Pelagius)The Nature of the Church
Optatus: Against the Donatists
Augustine: Sermon on the Dispute with the DonatistsJudaizing Heresies
John Chrysostom: First Speech Against the Judaizers
Epiphanius: Medicine Chest Against Heresies: The Nazoraeans
Canons and Creeds
Canons of Elvira
Creed and Canons of Nicaea
Creed and Canons of Constantinople
Canons of Ephesus
Definition and Canons of Chalcedon
Asceticism and Monasticism
Jerome: Letter to Eustochium
Pachomian Rules
Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Antony: Letters
Aphrahat: Demonstration 6: On Covenanters
PIlgrims, Relics, and Holy Places
Egeria: Travel Journal
Gregory of Nyssa: Letter on Pilgrimage
Victricius of Rouen: In Praise of the Saints
Lucianus: On the Discovery of Saint Stephen
Saints' Lives
Athanasius: Life of Antony
Theodoret: Religious History
History of the Monks of Egypt
The Life of Pelagia
The Christian BibleCanon and Apocrypha
Eusebius: Church History
Athanasius: Easter Letter 39
Priscillian: On Faith and Apocrypha
Augustine: On Christian DoctrineBiblical Interpretation
Tyconius: Book of Rules
Diodore of Tarsus: Commentary on Psalms
Gregory of Nyssa: Homilies on the Song of Songs
Christian Art and Architecture
Paulinus of Nola: Song on Felix's Church
Christian Art in Late Antiquity
Christianity Outside the Roman Empire
Sozomen: Church History
Acts of the Persian Martyrs
Passion of Saint Shushanik