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the cambridge history of EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE ThewritingsoftheChurchFathersformadistinctbodyoflitera- turewhichshapedtheearlyChurchandbuiltuponthedoctrinal foundationsofChristianityrecentlyestablishedwithintheNew Testamentandbyoralandecclesiasticaltradition.Christianlitera- tureintheperiodc.100–c.400constitutesoneofthemostinfluen- tialtextualoeuvresofanyreligion.WrittenmainlyinGreek,Latin andSyriac,patristicliteratureemanatedfromallpartsoftheearly Christianworldandhelpedtoextenditsboundaries.Theworks of Irenaeus, Origen, Hippolytus, Eusebius, Athanasius, Gregory ofNyssa,Augustine,JohnChrysostom,Ephrem,thegnostics,the MontanistsandtheCappadociansareamongthebest-knownex- amplesofanextensivesetoftextsgrapplingwiththetheological issuesattheheartofearlyChristianity–manyofwhichstilllieat itshearttoday.ThisHistoryisthefirstsystematicaccountofthat literatureanditssettingformanyyears.Theworkofindividual writersinshapingthevariousgenresandformsofChristianlitera- tureisconsidered,andthevolumealsooffersthreegeneralessays coveringdistinctperiodsinthedevelopmentofChristianlitera- ture.Thesepiecessurveythesocial,culturalanddoctrinalcontext withinwhichChristianliteraturearoseandwithinwhichitwas usedbyChristians.Thebookisintendedforusebytheologians andhistorians,providingalandmarkreferenceworkforscholars, teachersandstudents. Frances YoungisEdwardCadburyProfessorofTheologyatthe UniversityofBirmingham. Lewis AyresisAssistantProfessorofHistoricalTheologyatthe CandlerSchoolofTheologyandGraduateDivisionofReligion, EmoryUniversity. Andrew LouthisProfessorofPatristicandByzantineStudiesat theUniversityofDurham. Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE ∗ Editedby FRANCES YOUNG LEWIS AYRES ANDREW LOUTH Assistanteditor:AugustineCasiday Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 published by the press syndicate of the university of cambridge ThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom cambridge university press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,cb22ru,UK 40West20thStreet,NewYork,ny10011–4211,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia RuizdeAlarco´n13,28014Madrid,Spain DockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfrica http://www.cambridge.org (cid:3)C CambridgeUniversityPress,2004 Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2004 Reprinted2006 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge TypefaceDanteMT10.5/13pt. SystemLATEX2ε [tb] AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata TheCambridgehistoryofearlyChristianliterature/editedbyFrancesYoung,Lewis Ayres,AndrewLouth. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn0-521-46083-2 1.Christianliterature,Early–Historyandcriticism. I.Young,FrancesM. (FrancesMargaret) II.Ayres,Lewis. III.Louth,Andrew. br67.c25 2004 270.1–dc22 2003055726 isbn0521460832hardback Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents Listofcontributors pageix Editors’preface xi Listofabbreviationsofpatristicandothertexts xiv Listofotherabbreviations xix ChronologicaltableofearlyChristianliterature xxii Map:TheRomanEmpireinthelatefourthcenturyAD xxvi part one THE BEGINNINGS: THE NEW TESTAMENT TO IRENAEUS A ·LITERARY GUIDE 1·Introduction:theliterarycultureoftheearliestChristianity 5 frances young 2·Theapostolicandsub-apostolicwritings:theNewTestament andtheApostolicFathers 11 richard a. norris, jr. 3·Gnosticliterature 20 richard a. norris, jr. 4·ApocryphalwritingsandActsofthemartyrs 28 richard a. norris, jr. 5·TheApologists 36 richard a. norris, jr. 6·IrenaeusofLyon 45 richard a. norris, jr. v Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents B ·CONTEXT AND INTERPRETATION 7·Socialandhistoricalsetting 55 john behr 8·Articulatingidentity 71 richard a. norris, jr. 9·Christianteaching 91 frances young 10·Conclusion:towardsahermeneuticofsecond-centurytexts 105 frances young part two THE THIRD CENTURY A ·LITERARY GUIDE 11·TheAlexandrians 117 ronald e. heine 12·ThebeginningsofLatinChristianliterature 131 ronald e. heine 13·Hippolytus,Ps.-Hippolytusandtheearlycanons 142 ronald e. heine 14·CyprianandNovatian 152 ronald e. heine 15·TheearliestSyriacliterature 161 sebastian p. brock 16·Concludingreview:theliterarycultureofthethirdcentury 172 frances young B ·CONTEXT AND INTERPRETATION 17·Socialandhistoricalsetting:Christianityasculturecritique 181 karen jo torjesen vi Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents 18·Articulatingidentity 200 ronald e. heine 19·Christianteaching 222 john david dawson 20·Thesignificanceofthird-centuryChristianliterature 239 frances young part three FOUNDATION OF A NEW CULTURE: FROM DIOCLETIAN TO CYRIL A ·LITERARY GUIDE 21·ClassicalgenresinChristianguise;Christiangenresinclassical guise 251 frances young 22·ArnobiusandLactantius 259 oliver nicholson 23·Eusebiusandthebirthofchurchhistory 266 andrew louth 24·Thefourth-centuryAlexandrians:AthanasiusandDidymus 275 andrew louth 25·Palestine:CyrilofJerusalemandEpiphanius 283 andrew louth 26·TheCappadocians 289 andrew louth 27·Fourth-centuryLatinwriters:Hilary,Victorinus,Ambrosiaster, Ambrose 302 david g. hunter 28·JeromeandRufinus 318 mark vessey vii Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
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