Writing the History of Early Christianity - From Reception to Retrospection

Brings a new approach to the interpretation of the sources used to study the Early Christian era - reading history backwards.

List of contents

1. Methodological introduction; 2. 'Abercius' - pious fraud, now and then?; 3. Hippolytus of Rome - a manifold enigma; 4. Aristides of Athens - apologetics and narratives; 5. Ignatious of Antioch - a mysterious martyr.

About the author

Markus Vinzent holds the Chair for the History of Theology at King's College London.  A Fellow of the European Academy of Science  in Vienna and Max Weber Institute for Advanced Studies at Erfurt University, he is the author of Marcion and the Dating of the Synoptic Gospels and co-editor of Against Marcelllus and On Ecclesiastical Theology. 

Product details

• Authors: Markus Vinzent
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2025
• EAN: 9781108703215
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70321-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 791 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Church / History, Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis