The Early Christian World, Volume 1Philip Francis Esler 'The Early Christian World' presents an exhaustive, erudite and illustrated treatment of how the small movement which formed around Jesus in Galilee became the pre-eminent religion of the ancient world. |
Contents
The Mediterranean context of early Christianity | 3 |
Armies emperors and bureaucrats | 26 |
GraecoRoman philosophy and religion | 53 |
Origen 1005 | 74 |
Jewish tradition and culture | 80 |
Constantine 1069 | 101 |
The Galilean world of Jesus | 113 |
Early Jewish Christianity | 136 |
John Chrysostom 1128 | 362 |
Social levels morals and daily life | 369 |
Sex and sexual renunciation | 401 |
the church in the household | 422 |
Communication and travel | 452 |
Worship practice and belief | 475 |
The Apostolic Fathers | 503 |
The Apologists | 525 |
Paul and the development of gentile Christianity | 168 |
The gospel writers strategies of persuasion | 198 |
Christianity in the second and third centuries | 231 |
From Constantine to Theodosius and beyond | 258 |
Mission and expansion | 295 |
The development of office in the early church | 316 |
Christian regional diversity | 330 |
Monasticism | 344 |
Anthony of the Desert 1088 | 350 |
The early theologians | 552 |
Later theologians of the Greek East | 580 |
Later theologians of the West | 602 |
Dennis Brown | 617 |
Creeds councils and doctrinal development | 636 |
Biblical interpretation | 660 |
the first five centuries 693 | 666 |
Art 747 | 672 |
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