The Early Christians

From the Beginnings to Constantine

AvHartmut Leppin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

The early Christians were by no means a homogeneous group, let alone a church. This is the fascinating story of the beliefs, practices and experience of individual Christians of antiquity, their relationships to Jewish tradition and the wider Roman world, and the shockwaves they caused among their contemporaries. Ancient Christians are closely connected to today's world through a living memory and a common textual heritage - the Bible - even for those who maintain a distance from Christianity. Yet, paradoxically, much about the early Christians is foreign to us and far removed from what passes for this faith as it currently stands. The distinguished historian Hartmut Leppin explores this paradox, and considers how such a small, diverse band of followers originating on the edge of the Roman Empire was able within less than three centuries to grow and become its dominant force under Emperor Constantine and his successors.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-26
Mått:161 x 235 x 31 mm
Vikt:860 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Classical Scholarship in Translation
Antal sidor:484
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316517239
Översättare:Kathrin Luddecke

Utforska kategorier

Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Hartmut Leppin is a Professor of Ancient History at Goethe University, Frankfurt. His research focuses on early Christianity and he has been awarded Germany's highest science prize, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, as well as the Erwin Stein Prize for interdisciplinary work that is also relevant to the present. His publications have been translated into six languages.

Recensioner i media

'Leppin's The Early Christians is a monumental attempt at conceptualising the development of one of the most influential religious movements in history through, and in open acknowledgment of, its rather messy origins. The lively narrative gives centre stage to individual historical actors to open a refreshingly human perspective on the world of the early Christians. The book's English translation will facilitate renewed engagement with this important topic across the wide readership that it deserves.' Ulrike Roth, University of Edinburgh

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; Prologue: a dead body is lost to the world; 1. Neither Jewish nor pagan?; 2. Christian authorities; 3. (Not) of this world: caring for self and others; 4. Citizens of two worlds; Looking back and ahead; Postscript.