The Early Christian Centuries

by Philip Rousseau

Book Overview

Charting the first six hundred years of the Christian movement, THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CENTURIES carries the reader from the world of second-temple Judaism to the Byzantine age, the rise of Islam, and the beginnings of medieval European polities.With a combination of rare tact and acuity, Philip Rousseau takes the measure of a generation of scholarship on early Christianity and the late Roman world. He stresses the importance of shifting historical consciousness,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582256534
• ISBN13: 9780582256538
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"