skip to content
Martyrdom and persecution in the early church : a study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus
ClosePreview this item

Martyrdom and persecution in the early church : a study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus

Author: W H C Frend
Publisher: Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:

Drawing on biblical and historical material as well as archaeological evidence, Reverend Professor William Frend surveys martyrdom and persecution during the rise of Christianity.

Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: W H C Frend
ISBN: 9780227172292 0227172299
OCLC Number: 233940912
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Blackwell, 1965.
Description: xviii, 625 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The martyrs of Lyons --
Judaism and martyrdom --
Martyrdom in the New Testament period --
Rome and foreign cults --
The legacy of the Hellenistic East to A.D. 41 --
The Church and the world to A.D. 70 --
Old Israel and new, 70-135 --
Lord Caesar or Lord Christ? 70-138 --
The false dawn, 135-165 --
The years of crisis, 165-180 --
The turn of the tide, 180-235 --
The great divide : Alexandria, Carthage and Rome, 190-240 --
Decius --
The triumph of Christianity, 260-303 --
The Great Persecution, 303-312 --
What has the emperor to do with the Church? 312-361.
Responsibility: by W.H.C. Frend.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.