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The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies
Edited by Susan Ashbrook Harvey and David G. Hunter
1,048 pages
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7 maps, 19 in-text black and white illustrations
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246x171mm
978-0-19-927156-6
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Hardback
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04 September 2008
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- Authoritative, up-to-date surveys of current thinking and research in the various sub-specialties of early Christian studies
- Essays by leading international scholars in the field
- Each essay followed by suggestions for further reading and important bibliography on the topic
- Final section on 'Tools of the Trade', providing an extensive guide to various scholarly tools critical to any study of the field: major journals, published series of critical editions and translations, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, data bases, websites, and related research tools
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates the explosion of research in this inter-disciplinary field over recent decades. As a one-volume reference work, it provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in western and eastern late antiquity. It is thematically arranged to encompass history, literature, thought, practices, and material culture. It contains authoritative and up-to-date surveys of current thinking and research in the various sub-specialties of early Christian studies, written by leading figures in the discipline. The essays orientate readers to a given topic, as well as to the trajectory of research
developments over the past 30-50 years within the scholarship itself. Guidance for future research is also given. Each essay points the reader towards relevant forms of extant evidence (texts, documents, or examples of material culture), as well as to the appropriate research tools available for the area.
This volume will be useful to advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students, as well as to specialists in any area who wish to consult a brief review of the 'state of the question' in a particular area or sub-specialty of early Christian studies, especially one different from their own.Readership: Scholars and students of early Christian studies; of the late Roman Empire
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Edited by Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Professor of Religious Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, and David G. Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Contributors:
William Adler, Professor of Religion at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Lewis Ayres, Associate Professor of Historical Theology in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Paul M. Blowers, Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History at the Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, TN.
David
Brakke, Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Sebastian P. Brock, Reader in Syriac Studies Emeritus at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University.
Francine Cardman, Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, MA.
Elizabeth A. Clark, John Carlisle Kilgo Professor of Religion at Duke University, Durham, NC.
Brian E. Daley, S.J., Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Harold A. Drake, Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
Hubertus R. Drobner, Professor of Church History and Patrology at the Theologische Fakultät Paderborn,
Germany.
Mark Edwards, Tutor in Theology at Christ Church and Lecturer in Patristics at Oxford University.
Everett Ferguson, Professor of Church History Emeritus at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.
Allan D. Fitzgerald, O.S.A., Professor of Patristics at the Augustinian Patristic Institute, Rome.
Georgia Frank, Associate Professor of Religion at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.
J. William Harmless, S.J., Professor of Theology at Creighton University, Omaha, NE.
Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University, Providence, RI.
Michael W. Holmes, Professor of Biblical Studies and Early Christianity at Bethel University, St. Paul, MN.
Mark Humphries, Professor of
Ancient History at Swansea University, Swansea, Wales.
David G. Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Andrew S. Jacobs, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside, CA.
Robin M. Jensen, Luce Chancellor's Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, TN.
Maxwell E. Johnson, Professor of Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Joseph F. Kelly, Professor of Religious Studies at John Carroll University, University Heights, OH.
Karen L. King, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the Harvard University Divinity School,
Cambridge, MA.
Ross Shepherd Kraemer, Professor of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Brown University, Providence, RI.
Rebecca Krawiec, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY.
Mathijs Lamberigts, Professor of Church History and Theology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Samuel N.C. Lieu, Professor of Ancient History and Co-Director of the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
J. Rebecca Lyman, Garrett Professor of Church History Emerita at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA.
Antti Marjanen, Docent of New Testament Studies at the University of Helsinki.
Ralph W. Mathisen,
Professor of History, Classics, and Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL.
Wendy Mayer, Research Associate in the Centre for Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University.
John A. McGuckin, Nielsen Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Christian History at Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Professor of Byzantine Christianity at Columbia University, New York.
Richard M. Price, Senior Lecturer in the History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London.
Andrew Radde-Gallwitz, Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
Eric Rebillard, Professor of Classics and History at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Michael J. Roberts, Robert Rich
Professor of Latin at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent, Ph.D. candidate in Early Christianity at Brown University, Providence, RI.
Michele R. Salzman, Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside, CA.
Daniel Sheerin, Professor of Classics and Theology Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Stephen J. Shoemaker, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Columba Stewart, O.S.B., Professor of Theology at St. John's School of Theology-Seminary, Collegeville, MN.
William Tabbernee, President and Stephen J. England, Professor of the History of Christianity at Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, OK.
Karen Jo Torjesen, Margo L. Goldsmith Professor of Women's Studies and Dean of the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA.
Raymond Van Dam, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Lucas Van Rompay, Professor of Early Christianity at Duke University, Durham, NC.
Mark Vessey, Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Frances M. Young, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology Emerita at the University of Birmingham.
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"This is not simply another multi-author volume on the first Christian centuries. It addresses itself to the task of bringing together a review of the approaches, assumptions and results of recent research in a growing range of interdisciplinary areas. It is for the most part technical and exact without being inaccessible to the interested beginner. This is an invaluable work of reference and full of meat." - G.R. Evans, Theology. "Without doubt, this will become a major reference tool and a number of the chapters will find their way onto reading lists for classes studying early Christianity." - Paul Foster, Expository Times "...this book is a treasure trove. The editors have assembled an impressive
bench of contributors and they tackle a staggering array of subjects...This hefty and wonderful volume reminds us just how preposterous an unnecessarily adamantine view of Christianity is and ever war." - Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald
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Introduction
Part One: Prolegomena
1: Elizabeth A. Clark: From Patristics to Early Christian Studies
2: Mark Vessey: Literature, Patristics, Early Christian Writing
3: Karen L. King: Which Early Christianity?
Part Two: Evidence: Material and Textual
4: Mark Humphries: Material Evidence (1): Archaeology
5: Robin M. Jensen: Material Evidence (2): Visual Culture
6: William Tabbernee: Epigraphy
7: Ralph W. Mathiesen: Paleography and Codicology
Part Three: Identities
8: Andrew S. Jacobs: Jews and Christians
9: Michele R. Salzman: Pagans and Christians
10: Antti Marjanen: 'Gnosticism'
11: Samuel N.C. Lieu: Manichaeism
12: J. Rebecca Lyman: Arius and Arians
13: Mathijs Lamberigts: Pelagius and Pelagians
Part Four: Regions
14: Mark Humphries: The West (1): Italy, Gaul, and Spain
15: Eric Rebillard: The West (2): North Africa
16: Raymond Van Dam: The East (1): Greece and Asia Minor
17: David Brakke: The East (2): Egypt and Palestine
18: Lucas Van Rompay: The East (3): Syria and Mesopotamia
Part Five: Structures and Authorities
19: Karen Jo Torjesen: Clergy and Laity
20: Michael W. Holmes: The Biblical Canon
21: Everett Ferguson: Creeds, Councils, and Canons
22: Harold A. Drake: Church and Empire
23: Ross Shepherd Kraemer: Women and Gender
24: J. William Harmless, S.J.: Monastic Life
Part Six: Expressions of Christian Culture
25: Stephen J. Shoemaker: Early Christian Apocryphal Literature
26: Mark Edwards: Apologetics
27: Wendy Mayer: Homiletics
28: William Adler: Early Christian Historiography
29: Susan Ashbrook Harvey: Martyr Passions and Hagiography
30: Michael J. Roberts: Poetry and Hymnography (1): Christian Latin Poetry
31: John A. McGuckin: Poetry and Hymnography (2): The Greek World
32: Sebastian P. Brock: Poetry and Hymnography (3): Syriac
33: Hubertus R. Drobner: Christian Philosophy
Part Seven: Ritual, Piety, and Practice
34: Maxwell E. Johnson: Christian Initiation
35: Daniel Sheerin: Eucharistic Liturgy
36: Columba Stewart, O.S.B.: Prayer
37: Rebecca Krawiec: Asceticism
38: Allan D. Fitzgerald, O.S.A: Penance
39: Richard M. Price: Martyrdom and the Cult of the Saints
40: Georgia Frank: Pilgrimage
Part Eight: Theological Themes
41: Frances M. Young: Interpretation of Scripture
42: Lewis Ayres and Andrew Radde-Gallwitz: Doctrine of God
43: Brian E. Daley, S.J.: Christ and Christologies
44: Paul Blowers: Doctrine of Creation
45: Francine Cardman: Early Christian Ethics
46: Joseph F. Kelly and Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent: Instrumenta Studiorum: Tools of the Trade
Index of Biblical Citations
Index of General Subjects
Index of Persons (Ancient and Modern)
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