Garland Reference Library Of The Humanities - Volume 846: Encyclopedia Of Early Christianity

Everett Ferguson (Editor); Michael P. McHugh & Fredereick W. Norris (Associate Editors); David M. Scholer (Consulting Editor)

ISBN 10: 0815311397 / ISBN 13: 9780815311393

Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York & London, 1990

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Garland Reference Library Of The Humanities - Volume 846: Encyclopedia Of Early Christianity
• Publisher: Garland Publishing, Inc., New York & London
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815311397
• ISBN 13: 9780815311393
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: John M-Röblin (Design & Electronic Page Layout)
• Edition: Volume 846/Copyright © 1990
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Reference Books
  • Religion, Theology, Christianity, Catholicism
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

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Synopsis

Discusses the people, places, doctrines, practices, art, liturgy, heresies, and schisms of the period from the time of Jesus Christ to A.D. 600

About the Author

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).