Making Sense in (and Of) the First Christian Century

by F. Gerald Downing

The first Christian century must be approached with careful attention to its cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. It should not simply be assumed that this past 'is a different place, they do things differently there'. Downing treats the ways in which early Christians tried to 'make things make sense' within their cultures, noting both the similarities and differences between their ways and contemporary ones and stressing the variety of contexts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841271241
• ISBN13: 9781841271248
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"