ENCY EARLY CHRIST 1 PB (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) - Softcover
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Discusses the people, places, doctrines, practices, art, liturgy, heresies, and schisms of the period from the time of Jesus Christ to A.D. 600
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Everett Ferguson received S.T.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, where he was Honorary John Harvard Fellow. He has taught most of his career at Abilene Christian University, where he has twice been honored in his college as Teacher of the Year. Everett Ferguson has been president of the North American Patristic Society, served on the Council of the American Society of Church History, and is now on the Council of the Association Internationale d'ftudes Patristiques. His books include Backgrounds of Early Christianity, 2nd ed. (1993), Early Christians Speak, rev. ed. (1987), and (with A.J. Malherbe) Gregory of Nyssa: Life of Moses(1378). He was founding editor of The Second Century, co-editor of Journal of Early Christian Studies, and general editor of Garland's 18-volume Studies in Early Christianity(1993).
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..."concise and reliable information. Highly recommended as a core title in all personal and professional Christian historical studies collections."
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"It is a testimony to the vitality and breadth of early Christian studies in North America. It is also testimony to the perceptive editing and revising skills of Everett Ferguson and his associate editors, Michael McHugh and Frederick Norris."
-The Catholic Historical Review
"[I]ndispensable for the scholar for its concise and accurate information as well as the basic and updated bibliography for every entry. We commend the editor, contributors and publisher for this major achievement and valuable reference on the early Church."
-Coptic Church Review
..."provides a useful orientation to the major topics, the scholarly issues, and the literature through which to begin exploring an important but complex set of places, times, and people."
-Church History
"Remarkably successful in its aim to be comprehensive....This substantive reference work will continue to appeal to general readers and students as well as specialists. Highly recommended."
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Encyclopedia of Early Christianity: vol. 846 (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
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Garland Publishing Inc, 1992
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Garland Reference Library Of The Humanities - Volume 846: Encyclopedia Of Early Christianity
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Garland Publishing, Inc., New York & London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0815311397
ISBN 13: 9780815311393
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. John M-Röblin (Design & Electronic Page Layout) (illustrator). Volume 846/Copyright © 1990. 983 + xix pp. Vol. 846 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Synopsis: This single-volume encyclopedia contains 977 articles by 135 qualified scholars of various academic and ecumenical backgrounds, with coverage extending from New Testament times to approximately 600 A.D. Entries cover persons, places, doctrines, and practices and include some articles on modern scholars important to the study of early Christianity. The entries vary in length, but each begins with a brief definition, or identification, followed by chronological or topical development. Excellent short bibliographies following each article give patristic citations, editions, translations, and studies. The articles avoid technical language and provide good basic summaries of the material. This work will be useful for teachers, scholars, and students as well as for reference work. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Seller Inventory # 3ivDa0022