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New New
Reformations Martin Luther
The Early Modern World, 1450–1650 Visionary Reformer
CARLOS M. N. EIRE SCOTT H. HENDRIX
In this lively, page-turning history of A new, definitive biography of Martin Lu-
Western civilization’s transition from the ther provides a fresh, bold, and insightful
Middle Ages to modernity, the author perspective on the man most responsible
investigates the Protestant and Catholic for the Protestant Reformation of the
Reformations and reveals how their legacy sixteenth century, focusing on Luther’s
continues to shape our world and define entire life, his personal relationships and
who we are today. political motivations, rather than on his
Available in June 2016 theology alone.
Cloth 2016 928 pp. 155 b/w illus. Cloth 2015 368 pp. 16pp. b/w illus.
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Meister Eckhart
New in paper
Philosopher of Christianity
KURT FLASCH; TRANSLATED BY ANNE SCHINDEL AND
AARON VANIDES Earthly Mission
Renowned philosopher Kurt Flasch offers a The Catholic Church and World Development
full-scale reappraisal of the life and legacy ROBERT CALDERISI
of medieval German theologian, philoso- In this lively investigation of the Catholic
pher, and alleged mystic Meister Eckhart, Church and its controversial social mis-
effectively arguing for the need to under- sion in the developing world, the author
stand Eckhart’s ideas as a “philosophy of weighs the Church’s various missteps
Christianity” rather than as a theology or a and poor decisions against its positive
way into mysticism. contributions to education, health, and
Cloth 2015 344 pp. social justice.
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The Essential Texts Cloth 2013 288 pp
BRYN GEFFERT AND THEOFANIS G. STAVROU 978-0-300-17512-7 $35.00
Specifically designed for students, the first
source reader for the English-speaking John Knox
world on the Eastern Orthodox church JANE DAWSON
and traditions combines lively introduc- In this definitive new biography of
tions and short narratives translated from British preacher, prophet, and reformer
primary sources to provide a comprehen- John Knox, Jane Dawson shatters the
sive, coherent, and fascinating history of myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes
Eastern Orthodoxy. surrounding the controversial leader of
Available in May 2016 the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-
Paper 2016 448 pp. 48 b/w illus. century Scotland.
978-0-300-19678-8 $29.95 Paper available in July 2016
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Russia’s Path Toward 978-0-300-21970-8 $32.50
Enlightenment Cloth 2015 384 pp. 8 pp. b/w illus.
Faith, Politics, and Reason, 1500–1801 978-0-300-11473-7 $45.00
G. M. HAMBURG
Examining a broad range of writings,
Hamburg charts the development of a
distinctly Russian path toward enlighten-
ment before Peter the Great’s opening
to the West.
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New in paper Recent & Classic Titles
& Medieval Christianity Saints and Sinners
A New History A History of the Popes; Fourth Edition
KEVIN MADIGAN EAMON DUFFY
A rich and wide-ranging guide to the This engrossing book encompasses the
Christian medieval world, this book extraordinary history of the papacy, from
encompasses new research findings on its beginnings to the present day. In this
topics such as the role of women, the lives new edition, the final chapter has been
of ordinary parishioners, attitudes toward expanded to cover the resignation of
Jews and Muslims, “popular” Christianity, Benedict XVI and the election of Francis I.
saints, mystics, pilgrimages, and more. Paper 2015 500 pp. 16 pp. color illus.
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Cloth 2015 512 pp. 47 b/w illus. & The Stripping of the Altars
978-0-300-15872-4 $40.00 Traditional Religion in England, 1400–1580,
Second Edition
& The Origins of Reasonable Doubt EAMON DUFFY
Theological Roots of the Criminal Trial This prize-winning account of the pre-
JAMES Q. WHITMAN Reformation church recreates lay people’s
What exactly does it mean to prove a experience of religion in fifteenth-century
person guilty “beyond a reasonable England. Eamon Duffy shows that late
doubt?” In this enlightening book, medieval Catholicism was neither deca-
Whitman digs deep into the history of the dent nor decayed, but was a strong and
law to discover that “reasonable doubt” vigorous tradition, and that the Reforma-
was a theological, rather than a legal, rule. tion represented a violent rupture from
a popular and theologically respectable
yale law library series in legal history and reference
religious system.
Paper 2016 288 pp. 8 b/w illus.
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Recent & Classic Titles & Fires of Faith
Catholic England under Mary Tudor
The Moral Culture of the Scottish EAMON DUFFY
Enlightenment A controversial reassessment of Mary
Tudor’s efforts to eradicate Protestantism
1690–1805
and restore Catholicism in mid-sixteenth-
THOMAS AHNERT
century England, written by a leading
Upending decades of Enlightenment
authority on the history of Christianity.
scholarship, Thomas Ahnert argues that,
Paper 2010 280 pp. 30 color illus.
contrary to common belief, the champions
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of the Scottish Enlightenment were more
reliant on religion, and more skeptical of
& The Voices of Morebath
the power of reason alone, in achieving
“enlightenment.” Reformation and Rebellion in an English
Village
the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture
and history EAMON DUFFY
Cloth 2015 224 pp. This delightful book offers a rare glimpse
978-0-300-15380-4 $65.00 of life in a remote sixteenth-century Eng-
lish village during the dramatic changes of
the Reformation. Through vividly detailed
Our e-book editions are available
parish records, we see how a tiny Catholic
from most major e-book stores, community rebelled, was punished, and
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The Rise of Thomas Cromwell Evangelical Disenchantment
Power and Politics in the Reign of Henry VIII, Nine Portraits of Faith and Doubt
1485–1534 DAVID HEMPTON
MICHAEL EVERETT The author recounts the faith journeys
This meticulously researched book chal- of George Eliot, Vincent van Gogh, James
lenges what has been understood about Baldwin, and others to understand better
Cromwell’s early political career and rise their negotiations of faith and evangelical-
to power, arguing that he was neither a ism itself.
fervent evangelical or Machiavellian politi- Paper 2013 246 pp. 9 b/w illus.
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& The Spanish Inquisition
Holy Bones, Holy Dust A Historical Revision, Fourth Edition
How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval HENRY KAMEN
Europe In this completely updated edition, Henry
CHARLES FREEMAN Kamen dispels persistent myths and offers
This intriguing, beautifully illustrated a new and thought-provoking vision of
book encompasses 1,000 years of holy the Inquisition’s place in Mediterranean
relics across Europe, deepening our culture, its consequences for Jewish
understanding of the medieval world by culture, its impact on Spanish intellectual
revealing how they were used in religion life, and much more.
and also in business, politics, and warfare. Paper 2014 512 pp. 14 b/w illus.
Paper 2012 324 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-18051-0 $25.00
978-0-300-18430-3 $25.00
Cunegonde’s Kidnapping
Calvin A Story of Religious Conflict in the Age of
BRUCE GORDON Enlightenment
This brilliant new portrait of Protestant BENJAMIN J. KAPLAN
reformer John Calvin reveals his human The first to tell the dramatic story of a
complexity, the sources of his convictions, Catholic woman who tried to kidnap a
and how he inspired and transformed the baby to prevent it from being baptized in
sixteenth-century world. The book cap- a Protestant church, this gripping book
tures a man at once arrogant, charismatic, shows how, in the supposedly tolerant
unforgiving, generous, and shrewd. Age of Enlightenment, such interfaith
Paper 2011 416 pp. 12 b/w illus. strife was still possible.
978-0-300-17084-9 $27.50 the lewis walpole series in eighteenth-century culture
and history
& Calvinism Cloth 2014 312 pp. 30 b/w illus.
A History 978-0-300-18736-6 $30.00
D. G. HART
& Utopia
This brisk single-volume history explores
Calvinism from its origins in the sixteenth Second Edition
century through today, assessing political THOMAS MORE; TRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED BY
and social dynamics as the church grew CLARENCE H. MILLER; WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY
and evolved. The book also raises im- JERRY HARP
portant questions about the relation of Preeminent More scholar Clarence H.
church and state in our own times. Miller does justice to the full range of
Cloth 2013 352 pp. More’s rhetoric in this masterful transla-
978-0-300-14879-4 $40.00 tion. In a new afterword to this edition,
Jerry Harp contextualizes More’s life and
Utopia within the wider frames of Euro-
pean humanism and the Renaissance.
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978-0-300-18610-9 $8.95
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Forging the Past The Huguenots
Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation
GEOFFREY TREASURE
Spain This majestic historical account encom-
KATRINA B. OLDS passes the entire Huguenot experience
In this fascinating study, Katrina B. Olds in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century
explores the history, the author, and France, from hopeful beginnings and ris-
the legacy of one of the world’s most ing political influence to Catholic reprisals
compelling and consequential frauds: the and the repressive edict that forced hun-
infamous “false chronicles” that radically dreds of thousands to flee the country.
transformed the religious landscape in Paper 2014 488 pp. 45 b/w illus.
Counter-Reformation Spain. 978-0-300-20866-5 $27.50
Cloth 2015 440 pp. 20 b/w illus.
978-0-300-18522-5 $65.00 Francis of Assisi
The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint
& The Age of Reform, 1250–1550
ANDRÉ VAUCHEZ; TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL F.
An Intellectual and Religious History of Late CUSATO
Medieval and Reformation Europe The most authoritative biography of Fran-
STEVEN OZMENT cis of Assisi in more than a generation,
In this book, Steven Ozment traces the this book brings the medieval saint to life
growth and dispersal of dissenting ide- and explores the abundance of writings
ologies through three centuries to their by contemporaries who set down their
explosive burgeoning in the 1500s. memories of him.
Paper 1981 458 pp. Paper 2013 416 pp. 2 maps
978-0-300-02760-0 $32.00 978-0-300-19837-9 $25.00
The Arch Conjuror of England & The First Thousand Years
John Dee A Global History of Christianity
GLYN PARRY ROBERT LOUIS WILKEN
Based on primary documents, this new Beginning with the life of Jesus, Robert
biography of John Dee, the great magus of Louis Wilken narrates the dramatic spread
the Elizabethan world, challenges many of and development of a global Christianity
our beliefs about his occult, religious, and over the first thousand years of its history
political involvements. and shows how it constituted one of the
Paper 2013 352 pp. 14 b/w illus. most profound revolutions the world has
978-0-300-19409-8 $40.00 known.
Paper 2013 416 pp. 28 b/w illus.
The Christian Monitors 978-0-300-19838-6 $22.00
The Church of England and the Age of
Benevolence, 1680–1730 & The Conversion of Scandinavia
Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the
BRENT S. SIROTA
This original and persuasive book exam- Remaking of Northern Europe
ines the moral and religious revival led by ANDERS WINROTH
the Anglican Church after the Glorious Drawing on painstaking analysis and pa-
Revolution, and shows how that revival leographic reconstruction of archeological
laid the groundwork for a burgeoning civil and literary sources, Anders Winroth pres-
society in Britain. ents a radically new interpretation of the
conversion of Scandinavia from paganism
THE LEWIS WALPOLE SERIES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CULTURE
AND HISTORY to Christianity in the early Middle Ages.
Cloth 2014 376 pp. Winner of the 2013 Gustav Ranis International
978-0-300-16710-8 $65.00 Book Prize
Paper 2014 256 pp. 24 b/w illus.
978-0-300-20553-4 $32.00
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The Lost World of Byzantium & Sin
JONATHAN HARRIS A History
A concise, accessible, and action-packed GARY A. ANDERSON
history of one of the medieval world’s In this sensitive, imaginative, and original
greatest empires by a leading scholar work, Gary Anderson shows how changing
who eschews the usual run-through of conceptions of sin and forgiveness lay at
emperors and battles, illuminating the the very heart of the biblical tradition.
very heart of Byzantine civilization and its Winner of the 2010 Christianity Today Book
remarkable influence on its neighbors and Award
on the modern world. Paper 2010 272 pp.
Cloth 2015 280 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. 978-0-300-16809-9 $22.00
978-0-300-17857-9 $38.00
& Charity
The World’s Oldest Church The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition
Bible, Art, and Ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria GARY A. ANDERSON
MICHAEL PEPPARD The acclaimed author of Sin: A History
This beautifully illustrated work uses here turns his attention to the essential
art historical, theological, and liturgical role of charity in the Judeo-Christian tradi-
scholarship to enhance our understanding tion, how it has been clouded in modern
of early Christian initiation. times, and what the Bible asserts about
SYNKRISIS almsgiving and its relation to the good-
Cloth 2016 344 pp. 9 color + 46 b/w illus. ness of God’s creation.
978-0-300-21399-7 $50.00 Paper 2014 232 pp.
978-0-300-19883-6 $20.00
One True Life
The Stoics and Early Christians as Rival & Cosmos, Chaos and the World
Traditions to Come
C. KAVIN ROWE The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith;
In a unique, cross-disciplinary merging of Second Edition
philosophy and biblical studies, a New Tes- NORMAN COHN
tament scholar reconceives the relation- In this engrossing book, Norman Cohn
ship between Stoic philosophy and early takes us back two thousand years to the
Christianity as a rivalry between strong world views of ancient Egypt, Mesopota-
truth-seeking traditions and maintains mia, and India, the innovations of Iranian
that a commitment to one particular form and Jewish prophets and sages, and the
of philosophical life offers the surest path earliest Christian imaginings of heaven on
to existential truth. earth, and he illuminates a major turning
Available in March 2016 point in the history of human conscious-
Cloth 2016 344 pp. ness.
978-0-300-18012-1 $40.00 Paper 2001 256 pp.
978-0-300-09088-8 $28.00
Mary in Early Christian Faith and
Devotion
STEPHEN J. SHOEMAKER Our e-book editions are available
For the first time the full story of the
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beliefs surrounding the subject of Mary,
Mother of God.
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“When You Were Gentiles” & From Jesus to Christ
Specters of Ethnicity in Roman Corinth and The Origins of the New Testament Images of
Paul’s Corinthian Correspondence Christ, Second Edition
CAVAN W. CONCANNON PAULA FREDRIKSEN
Cavan W. Concannon makes a significant How did Jesus of Nazareth become the
contribution to Pauline studies by imagin- Christ of the Christian tradition? And
ing the responses of the apostle Paul’s why did the early Christian communities
first audience to his Corinthian correspon- develop different theological images of Je-
dence, focusing on issues of ethnicity, civic sus? In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen
identity, politics, and empire to present answers this question by placing the vari-
a robust portrait of the civic, discursive, ous canonical images of Jesus within their
and lived landscapes of ancient Roman historical context—the Hellenistic and
Corinth. Judaic cultures from which the Christian
communities grew.
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Cloth 2014 320 pp. 12 b/w illus. Paper 2000 288 pp.
978-0-300-19793-8 $65.00 978-0-300-08457-3 $15.95
Christ Child & Pagan Britain
Cultural Memories of a Young Jesus RONALD HUTTON
STEPHEN J. DAVIS In this enthralling account of paganism
In this highly innovative book, Stephen in Britain from the Paleolithic Age to the
Davis adds a crucial dimension to our arrival of Christianity, the author explores
understanding of Christian history by ex- new evidence concerning pagan beliefs
amining how readers in antiquity and the and rituals and the meanings of such
medieval world would have made sense of sacred sites as Stonehenge and Avebury.
the young Jesus portrayed in the so-called Paper 2015 496 pp. 103 b/w illus.
Infancy Gospel of Thomas. 978-0-300-20546-6 $35.00
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Cloth 2014 432 pp. 3 b/w illus. & The Treasures of Darkness
978-0-300-14945-6 $45.00 A History of Mesopotamian Religion
THORKILD JACOBSEN
& A New History of Early
A recreation of the spiritual life of ancient
Christianity
Mesopotamia demonstrating that the
CHARLES FREEMAN roots of Western civilization lie in the
This stimulating history of early Christian- ancient Near East.
ity, the first full account for over forty Paper 1978 282 pp.
years, revisits the extraordinary birth of a 978-0-300-02291-9 $32.00
world religion, and gives a new slant on a
familiar story. Transient Apostle
Paper 2011 400 pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. Paul, Travel, and the Rhetoric of Empire
978-0-300-17083-2 $27.50
TIMOTHY LUCKRITZ MARQUIS
In a significant reevaluation of Paul’s
& Augustine and the Jews
place in the early Christian story, Timothy
A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism Luckritz Marquis explores the theme of
PAULA FREDRIKSEN travel in the apostle’s correspondence
Fredriksen’s provocative book traces the and shows how Paul was a product of the
social and intellectual forces that led to material forces of his day.
the development of Christian anti-Juda-
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ism and shows how and why Augustine Cloth 2013 216 pp.
challenged this toxic tradition. 978-0-300-18714-4 $60.00
Paper 2010 528 pp.
978-0-300-16628-6 $20.00
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Voting About God in Early Church & The First Urban Christians
Councils The Social World of the Apostle Paul, Second
RAMSAY MACMULLEN Edition
In this original book, an eminent historian WAYNE A. MEEKS; WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY
explores how early Christian doctrine was THE AUTHOR
determined by majority vote in church In this classic work, Wayne A. Meeks
councils during the third to sixth centu- analyzes the earliest extant documents
ries. Ramsey MacMullen brings the reader of Christianity—the letters of Paul—to
directly into council chambers, where describe the tensions and the texture of
rank and file bishops engage in debate, life of the first urban Christians.
then vote to establish a single Christian Co-winner of the 1986 Annual Award for Excel-
orthodoxy. lence given by the American Academy of Religion
Cloth 2006 192 pp. 6 b/w illus. Paper 2003 320 pp.
978-0-300-11596-3 $50.00 978-0-300-09861-7 $28.00
& Christianizing the Roman & Christianity and Classical
Empire Culture
(A. D. 100–400) The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in
RAMSAY MACMULLEN the Christian Encounter with Hellenism
How did the early Christian church JAROSLAV PELIKAN
manage to win its dominant place in the In this erudite and informative book, a
Roman world? In his newest book, an emi- distinguished scholar provides the first
nent historian of ancient Rome examines coherent account of the lives and writings
this question from a secular—rather than of the Cappadocians, showing how they
an ecclesiastical—viewpoint. managed to be Greek and Christian at the
Paper 1986 184 pp. same time.
978-0-300-03642-8 $28.00 GIFFORD LECTURES SERIES
Paper 1995 384 pp.
& Corruption and the Decline 978-0-300-06255-7 $29.00
of Rome
The Mysteries of Artemis of
RAMSAY MACMULLEN
Ephesos
Prominent historian Ramsay MacMul-
len here offers a new perspective on the Cult, Polis, and Change in the Graeco-Roman
decline and fall of Rome. MacMullen World
argues that a key factor in Rome’s fall was GUY MACLEAN ROGERS
the steady loss of focus and control over In a groundbreaking reinterpretation of
government as its aims were thwarted for ancient polytheism, Guy MacLean Rogers
private gain by high-ranking bureau- rethinks and de-naturalizes Roman imperi-
crats and military leaders. Written in an al history and the transition to Christianity
informal and lively style, his book—the
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culmination of years of research and Cloth 2013 528 pp. 2 color + 27 b/w illus.
thoughtful analysis—provides a fascinat- + 11 maps
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convincingly that the decline of Rome was
a gradual, insidious process rather than a
climactic event.
Our e-book editions are available
Paper 1990 331 pp. 17 b/w illus.
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& Life in the Ancient Near East, & Questions on Love and Charity
3100–332 B.C.E. Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae,
DANIEL C. SNELL Questions 23–46
In this sweeping overview of life in the an- THOMAS AQUINAS; EDITED, TRANSLATED, AND WITH
cient Near East, Snell surveys the history AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MINER; WITH ESSAYS
of the region from the invention of writing BY JEFFREY A. BERNSTEIN, DOMINIC DOYLE, MARK D.
five thousand years ago to Alexander the JORDAN, ROBERT MINER, AND SHERYL OVERMYER
Great’s conquest in 332 B.C. The book A fresh translation of quaestiones from the
provides a detailed picture of the demog- Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas,
raphy, social groups, family, women, labor, edited by Robert Miner. This volume pro-
land and animal management, crafts, vides direct access to the medieval theolo-
trade, money, and government of the gian’s deepest thinking about the supreme
countries of ancient Western Asia. goal of human life—blessedness—and
the virtue most intimately related to this
Paper 1998 296 pp. 16 b/w illus.
goal—charity.
978-0-300-07666-0 $28.00
Available in April 2016
& Christian Beginnings RETHINKING THE WESTERN TRADITION
Paper 2016 432 pp.
From Nazareth to Nicaea
978-0-300-19541-5 $25.00
GEZA VERMES
In this deeply learned and beauti-
Longing for Home
fully written book, Geza Vermes tells the
Forced Displacement and Postures of Hospitality
enthralling story of how a revolutionary,
anticonformist Jewish subsect became the M. JAN HOLTON
official state religion of the Roman Empire. M. Jan Holton’s essential examination of
the psychological, social, and theological
Paper 2014 288 pp.
impact of forced displacement and social
978-0-300-20595-4 $22.00
alienation on exiled African populations,
returning veterans of the Iraq and Af-
& The Spirit of Early Christian
ghanistan wars, and homeless U.S. citizens,
Thought
addresses an urgent global concern and
Seeking the Face of God
provides communities of faith with a blue-
ROBERT LOUIS WILKEN print for action.
In this eloquent introduction to early
Available in June 2016
Christian thought, eminent religious
Cloth 2016 224 pp.
historian Robert Louis Wilken examines
978-0-300-20762-0 $40.00
the tradition that such figures as St. Au-
gustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and others set
Flourishing
in place. These early thinkers constructed
Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World
a new intellectual and spiritual world,
Wilken shows, and they can still be heard MIROSLAV VOLF
as living voices in the modern world. In this perceptive, deeply personal, and
beautifully written book, a leading theo-
Paper 2005 398 pp.
logian sheds light on how religions and
978-0-300-10598-8 $22.00
globalization have interacted over the
centuries and argues for what their
& The Christians as the
relationship ought to be
Romans Saw Them
Cloth 2016 304 pp.
Second Edition
978-0-300-18653-6 $28.00
ROBERT LOUIS WILKEN
This book, which includes a new preface
by the author, offers an engrossing por-
trayal of the early years of the Christian
movement from the perspective of the
Romans.
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