Christopher Haas, Alexandria in
Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict (Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins, 1997 / 2006) paperback, $30. Much of the story of early
Christianity takes place in Alexandria, among both its educated
elite and its rowdy crowds. Many leading theologians—Clement,
Origen, Arius, Athanasius, Didymus, Cyril—called Alexandria home.
This brilliant study brings alive the city—its layout, its leading
monuments, its local politics. Haas particularly focuses on
religious dynamics and conflicts among pagans, Jews, and Christians.
Roger S. Bagnall, Egypt in Late
Antiquity (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993)
paperback, $25. An excellent study of the social world of Egypt,
drawing mostly on recently discovered papyri.
Alan K. Bowman, Egypt After the
Pharaohs, 332 BC-AD 642: From Alexander to the Arab Conquest
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986). A valuable
overview.
David Frankfurter, ed., Religion in
Roman Egypt: Assimilation and Resistance (Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1998) paperback, $20.
David Frankfurter, ed., Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique
Egypt (Leiden: Brill, 1999).
James E. Goehring and
Janet Timbie, eds., The World of Early Egyptian Christianity:
Language, Literature, and Social Context, CUA Studies in Early
Christianity (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press,
2007) hardcover, $40. NEW.
Edward R. Hardy, Christian Egypt: Church and People: Christianity
and Nationalism in the Patriarchate of Alexandria (New York:
Oxford University Press, 1952). Dated, but still valuable.
Jill Kamil, Christianity in the
Land of the Pharaohs: The Coptic Orthodox Church (New York:
Routledge, 2002) hardcover, $55.
Birger A. Pearson & James E. Goehring,
eds., The Roots of Egyptian Christianity, Studies in
Antiquity & Christianity (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1986).
Henry Fiska Hägg, Clement of
Alexandria and the Beginnings of Christian Apophaticism, Oxford
Early Christian Studies (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006)
hardcover, $85. NEW.
Eric Osborn, Clement of Alexandria
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005) hardcover, $80.
Joseph W. Trigg, Origen, Early
Church Fathers (New York: Routledge, 1998) paperback, $31. Origen
was both a brilliant biblical scholar and an adventurous
theologian—and he shaped the course of Christian theology as
profoundly as Augustine and Aquinas. Like others in this series,
this volume includes both an overview of Origen’s life and doctrine
as well as a selection of his writings.
Henri Crouzel, Origen, trans.
A.S. Worrall (reprint of 1989 edition: Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1998).
For many years, Crouzel was the greatest living authority on
Origen. Not always easy reading, but the most thorough overview of
Origen’s theology.
W.A. Bienart & U. Kühneweg, eds.,
Origeniana Septima: Origenes in den Auseinandersetzungen des 4.
Jahrhunderts (Leuven: Peeters, 1999).
Henry Chadwick, Early Christian
Thought and the Classical Tradition: Studies in Justin, Clement, and
Origen (New York: Oxford University Press, 1966) paperback, $35.
A. Choufrine,
Gnosis, Theophany, Theosis: Studies in Clement of Alexandria’s
Appropriation of His Background (Patristic Studies 5; New York:
Peter Lang, 2002).
Elizabeth A. Clark, The Origenist
Controversy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992). An
essential study of the dispute over Origen that took place 150 years
after his death.
Brian E. Daley, “Origen’s ‘De
principiis’: A Guide to the ‘Principles’ of Christian Scriptural
Interpretation,” in John F. Petruccione, ed., Nova et Vetera:
Patristic Studies in Honor of Thomas Patrick Halton (Washington,
DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1998) hardcover, $55.
Robert J. Daly, ed., Origeniana
Quinta, Papers of the 5th International Origen
Congress, Boston College, August, 1989 (Leuven: Peeters, 1992).
Gilles Dorival & Alain le Boulluec,
eds., Origeniana Sexta: Origen and the Bible, Actes du
Colloquium Origenianum Sextum, Chantilly, 30 août-3 septembre, 1993
(Leuven: Peeters, 1995).
R.P.C. Hanson, Allegory and Event:
A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen’s Interpretation
of Scripture, ed. Joseph W. Trigg (reprint of 1959 edition:
Nashville: Westminster John Knox, 2003) paperback, $40.
Richard Hanson & Henri Crouzel, eds.,
Origeniana Tertia, 3rd International Colloquium
for Origen Studies, University of Manchester, September, 1981 (Rome:
Edizioni dell’Ateneo, 1985).
Charles Kannengiesser & William L.
Petersen, eds., Origen of Alexandria: His World and Legacy
(Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988).
J. Christopher King, Origen on the
Song of Songs as the Spirit of Scripture: The Bridegroom’s Perfect
Marriage-Song, Oxford Theological Monographs (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2005) hardcover, $95.
F. Ledegang,
Mysterium Ecclesiae: Images of the Church and Its Members in Origen,
BETL 156 (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2001).
Rebecca Lyman, Christology and
Cosmology: Models of Divine Activity in Origen, Eusebius, and
Athanasius, Oxford Theological Monographs (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1993) hardcover $40.
John A. McGuckin, The Westminister
Handbook to Origen (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004)
paperback, $35.
Fred Norris,
“Origen,” in The Early Christian World, ed. P. F. Esler (New
York: Routledge, 2000) 2:1005-1026.
Lloyd G. Patterson, Methodius of
Olympus: Divine Sovereignty, Human Freedom, and Life in Christ
(Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1997). Study of
one of Origen’s opponents.
L. Perrone, P. Bernardino, D. Marchini,
eds., Origeniana Octava:
Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition: Papers of the 8th
International Origen Congress, Pisa, 27-31 August 2001, 2 vol. (Leuven:
Leuven University Press; Peeters, 2003).
Joseph W. Trigg, Origen: Bible and
Philosophy in the 3rd Century (Atlanta: John Knox,
1983). Superb survey.
Peter Widdicombe, The Fatherhood of
God from Origen to Athanasius, Oxford Theological Monographs
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1994) hardcover, $55.
Origen, Exhortation to Martyrdom,
Classics of Western Spirituality, trans. Rowan A. Greer (New York:
Paulist Press, 1979) paperback, $20. A fine selection of Origen’s
works: it includes On First Principles, Book IV—his classic
defense of allegorical interpretation and a summary of his
controversial views on Trinity; it also has Origen’s On Prayer,
the earliest Christian treatise on prayer—and one of the most
influential; while essentially a commentary on the Lord’s Prayer,
this work also addresses the problem of why one should pray even
though God already knows what we need.
Origen, Contra Celsum, trans.
Henry Chadwick (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980)
paperback, $48. At last, back in print. Celsus was one of the most
astute of Christianity’s ancient opponents, and around 180, wrote a
devastating critique entitled On True Doctrine. In it he
displayed both his philosophical sophistication and his knack for
satire. In the 240s, Origen took Celsus on, rebutting his arguments
point-by-point. In the process, Origen produced perhaps the
greatest apology for Christianity, both its doctrines and its way of
life. Only Augustine’s City of God can match its brilliance.
Origen, Commentary on the Epistle
to the Romans, Fathers of the Church 103-104, trans. Thomas P.
Scheck (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press,
2001-2002), hardcover, $45 per volume.
Origen, Commentary on the Gospel of
John, trans. Ronald E. Heine, Fathers of the Church 80 & 89
(Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1989 & 1993).
Origen, Homilies on Genesis and
Exodus, trans. Ronald E. Heine, Fathers of the Church 71
(Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1982).
Origen, Homilies on Jeremiah,
trans. John Clark Smith, Fathers of the Church 97 (Washington:
Catholic University of America Press, 1998) hardocver, $37.
Origen, Homilies on Joshua,
trans. Barbara J. Brucel, Fathers of the Church 105 (Washington:
Catholic University of America Press, 2002).
Origen, Homilies on Luke,
trans. Joseph T. Lienhard, Fathers of the Church 94 (Washington:
Catholic University of America Press, 1996).
Origen, Homilies on the Song of
Songs, trans. R.P. Lawson, Ancient Christian Writers 26
(Westminster, MD: New Press, 1957).
Origen, On First Principles [Peri
Archon] trans. G.W. Butterworth (reprint of 1966 edition: Peter
Firth, 1990) hardcover, $30.
Origen, Treatise on the Passover
and Dialogue with Heraclides, trans. Robert J. Daly, Ancient
Christian Writers 51 (New York: Paulist Press, 1992).
Ronald Heine, ed., The Commentaries
of Origen and Jerome on St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians,
Oxford Early Christian Studies (New York: Oxford University Press,
2003) hardcover, $75.
Alistair Stewart-Sykes, ed.,
Tertullian, Cyprian, Origen: On the Lord’s Prayer, Popular
Patristic Series (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press,
2004) paperback, $12.
Joseph T. Lienhard, The Bible, the
Church, and Authority: the Canon of the Christian Bible in History
and Theology (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995)
paperback, $18. A very simple, yet excellent introduction to
understanding how the early Church chose the books for the New
Testament.
John O'Keefe & R.R. Reno,
Sanctified Vision: An Introduction to Early Christian Interpretation
of the Bible (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2005) paperback, $17.
A valuable and provocative aid to understanding the
unique--and often misunderstood--reading strategies of the Church
Fathers. While the authors discuss traditional categories such
as "allegory" and "typology," their approach challenges old
dichotomies.
Thomas C. Oden & Christopher H. Hall,
eds., The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, 17
volumes to date (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1998- )
hardcover, $40 per volume. The Ancient Christian Commentary
revives the medieval tradition of the glossa ordinaria. It
takes the biblical text verse by verse and quotes what various
Church Fathers said about it. It is projected to be 27 volumes and
will draw on ancient commentaries in Greek, Latin, Syriac, and
Coptic. Now available:
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OT Vol. 1a: Andrew Louth, ed.,
Genesis 1-13 (2001).
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OT Vol. 1b: Mark Sheridan, ed.,
Genesis 12-50 (2002).
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OT Vol. 3: Joseph Lienhard, ed.,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (2001).
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OT Vol. 4: John R. Franke, ed.,
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel (2005).
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OT Vol. 6: Manlio Simonetti &
Marco Conti, ed., Job (2006). NEW.
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OT Vol. 9: J. Robert Wright, ed.,
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon (2005).
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OT Vol. 10: Steven A. McKinion,
ed. Isaiah 1-39 (2004).
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OT Vol. 14: Alberto Ferreiro, ed.,
The Twelve Prophets (2003).
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NT Vol. 1a: Manlio Simonetti, ed.,
Matthew 1-13 (2002).
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NT Vol. 1b: Manlio Simonetti, ed.,
Matthew 14-28 (2002).
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NT Vol. 2: Thomas C. Oden &
Christopher Hall, ed. Mark (1998).
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NT Vol. 3: Arthur A. Just, Jr.,
ed., Luke (2003).
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NT Vol. 4a: Joel C. Elowsky, ed.,
John 1-11 (2006). NEW.
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NT Vol. 5: Francis Martin, ed.,
Acts (2006). NEW.
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NT Vol. 6: Gerald Bray, ed.,
Romans (1998).
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NT Vol. 7: Gerard Bray, ed. 1-2
Corinthians (1999).
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NT Vol. 8: Mark Edwards, ed.,
Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians (1999).
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NT Vol. 9: Peter Gorday, ed.,
Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
(2000).
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NT Vol. 10: Erik M. Heen & Philip
D.W. Krey,eds., Hebrews (2005).
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NT Vol. 11: Gerald Bray, ed.,
James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude (2000)
Harry Y. Gamble, Books and Readers
in the Early Church: A History of Early Christian Texts (New
Haven: Yale, 1995) paperback, $25. A wonderfully original study.
Gamble explores how ancient books were made, how scribes did their
work of copying, how authors published their works, how
libraries—pagan, Jewish, and Christian—worked, how Christians came
to collect the books that made up the New Testament, and how reading
came to be a highly favored spiritual activity for Christians.
Paul M. Blowers, ed., The Bible in
Greek Christian Antiquity (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame
Press, 1997) paperback, $30.
Paul M. Blowers,
ed., In Dominico Eloquio / In Lordly Eloquence: Essays on
Patristic Exegesis in Honor of Robert Louis Wilken (Grand
Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002) hardcover, $45.
Charles A. Bobertz
and David Brakke, eds., Reading in Christian Communities: Essays
on Interpretation in the Early Church (Notre Dame: University of
Notre Dame Press, 2002) hardcover, $35.
David Brakke, “Canon Formation and
Social Conflict in Fourth-Century Egypt: Athanasius of Alexandria’s
Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter,” Harvard Theological Review
87 (1994) 395-419.
Philip Burton, The Old Latin
Gospels: A Study of Their Texts and Language, Oxford Early
Christian Studies (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001)
hardcover, $70.
Hans von Campenhausen, The
Formation of the Christian Bible (Philadelphia: Fortress Press,
1972).
David R. Cartlidge & J.K. Elliott,
Art and the Christian Apocrypha (New York: Routledge, 2001)
paperback, $32.
Elizabeth A. Clark, Reading
Renunciation: Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999) paperback, $22.
David L. Dungan, Constantine’s
Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament
(Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007) paperback, $17. NEW.
Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox
Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological
Controversies on the Text of the New Testament (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1993) paperback, $16.
J.K. Elliott, ed., The Apocryphal
New Testament (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994) paperback, $55. A massive collection of non-canonical works.
Everett Ferguson, ed., The Bible in
the Early Church, Studies in Early Christianity 3 (New York:
Garland Publishing, 1993).
Karlfried Froelich, ed., Biblical
Interpretation in the Early Church, Sources of Early Christian
Thought (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984).
Anthony Grafton and Megan Williams,
Christianity and the Transformation of the Book: Origen, Eusebius,
and the Library of Caesarea (Cambridge, MA: Belknap / Harvard
University Press, 2006) hardcover, $30. NEW.
R.P.C. Hanson, Allegory and Event:
A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen’s Interpretation
of Scripture (Richmond: John Knox, 1959).
Alan J. Hauser & Duane F. Watson,
eds., A History of Biblical Interpretation, Vol. 1: The
Ancient Period (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002)
hardcover, $45.
Michael J. Hollerich, Eusebius of
Caesarea’s Commentary on Isaiah: Christian Exegesis in the Age of
Constantine, Oxford Early Christian Studies (New York: Oxford
University, 1999) hardcover.
William E. Klingshirn and Linda Safran,
eds., The Early Christian Book, CUA Studies in Early
Christianity (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press,
2007) hardcover, $40. NEW.
J.L. Kugel & Rowan A. Greer, Early
Biblical Interpretation, Library of Early Christianity 3
(Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986).
Bruce Metzger, The Canon of the New
Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance (Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1987) paperback, $20.
John J. O’Keefe, “‘A Letter That
Killeth’: Towards a Reassessment of Antiochene Exegesis, or Diodore,
Theodore, and Theodoret on the Psalms,” Journal of Early
Christian Studies 8 (2000) 83-104.
Manlio Simonetti, Biblical
Interpretation in the Early Church: An Historical Introduction to
Patristic Exegesis (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1994) paperback,
$25.
Joseph Trigg, ed., Biblical
Interpretation, Message of the Fathers 9 (Collegeville, MN:
Liturgical Press, 1984).
Daniel H. Williams, ed., Tradition,
Scripture, and Interpretation: A Sourcebook of the Ancient Church,
Evangelical Ressourcement: Ancient Sources for the Church’s Future
(Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006) paperback, $20. NEW.
Megan Hale Williams, The Monk and
the Book: Jerome and the Making of Christian Scholarship
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006) hardcover, $45.
NEW.
Geoffrey D.
Dunn, Tertullian, Early Church Fathers (New York: Routledge,
2004) paperback, $30. Tertullian (c.160-225) was the first Latin theologian, a
writer at once prolific and brilliant in both thought and style.
Tertullian was a hardliner in many ways, and his extremism led him,
in the end, to move away from the great Church and towards the Montanists and their claims of new prophecy. Dunn opens this volume
with a lengthy introduction to Tertullian and to early North African
Christianity and then follows with a fresh translation of three of
Tertullian’s lesser-read texts: Against the Jews, Antidote
for the Scorpion’s Sting, and The Veiling of Virgins.
J. Patout Burns, Cyprian the Bishop
(New York: Routledge, 2002) paperback, $26. At last, an
up-to-date book-length study of Cyprian, one of the most influential
bishops and theologians of North Africa. Patout Burns, a scholar
best known for his excellent studies of Augustine’s theology, brings
great insight and lucidity to this survey of the career and context
of Cyprian.
Timothy D. Barnes, Tertullian: a
Historical and Literary Study, rev. ed. (Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1985). Overall, unduly polemical, but there is much valuable
material on Tertullian’s world and works.
Brent Allen, trans. Cyprian of
Carthage, On the Church: Select Treatises, Popular Patristics
series (St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2007) paperback, $16.
NEW.
Brent Allen, trans., Cyprian of
Carthage, On the Church: Select Letters, Popular Patristics
series (St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2006) paperback, $16.
NEW.
G.W. Clarke, trans. The Letters of
St. Cyprian of Carthage, Ancient Christian Writers 43-44 & 46-47
(New York: Newman Press, 1984-1989). A fine translation with detailed commentary.
P. Monceaux, Histoire Littéraire de
l’Afrique chrétienne (Paris: Leroux, 1901-1923). A classic and
unusually thorough survey, dated in many respects, but still
valuable.
Eric Osborn, Tertullian, First
Theologian of the West (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1997) paperback, $32.
David Rankin, Tertullian and the
Church (New York: Cambridge University, 1995) hardback, $60.
Cecil M. Robeck, Prophecy in
Carthage: Perpetua, Tertullian, Cyprian (Cleveland: Pilgrim
Press, 1993).
Michael M. Sage, Cyprian,
Patristic Monograph Series 1 (Cambridge, MA: Philadelphia Patristics
Foundation, 1975).
Robert D. Sider, ed., Christian and
Pagan in the Roman Empire: The Witness of Tertullian
(Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2001)
paperback, $18.
Alistair Stewart-Sykes, ed.,
Tertullian, Cyprian, Origen: On the Lord’s Prayer, Popular
Patristic Series (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press,
2004) paperback, $12.
David Wright,
“Tertullian,” in The Early Christian World, ed. P. F. Esler
(New York: Routledge, 2000), 2:1027-1047.
H.D. Drake, Constantine and the
Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance, Ancient Society and
History (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2000) paperback, $40. It
was Constantine who ended the persecutions and opened the path for
the flowering of Christianity in the 4th century. He was
a complex character, brutal at times, often misunderstood. This
offers an important revisionist reading of Constantine’s underlying
political considerations.
Eusebius [of Caesarea], The Life of
Constantine, eds., Averil Cameron & Stuart Hall, Clarendon
Ancient History Series (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997)
paperback, $40.
Eusebius of Caesarea, The Proof of
the Gospel, ed. W.J. Ferrar (reprint: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock)
paperback, $32. An older translation, now back in print.
Lactantius, Divine Institutes,
Translated Texts for Historians, trans. Anthony Bowen & Peter
Garnsey (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2003) paperback,
$22.
Timothy D. Barnes, Constantine and
Eusebius (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981).
Peter Brown, Authority and the
Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World (New
York: Cambridge University Press, 1995) paperback, $10.
Peter Brown, Power and Persuasion
in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire, The Curti
Lectures 1988 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992)
paperback, $18.
Peter Brown, “Christianisation and
Religious Conflict,” in Averil Cameron & Peter Garnsey, eds., The
Late Empire, A.D. 337-425, Vol. 13 of The Cambridge Ancient
History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998) pp.
632-664.
Averil Cameron & Stuart Hall, trans.,
Eusebius’ Life of Constantine, Clarendon Ancient History
Series (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) hardcover, $80.
Averil Cameron, Christianity and
the Rhetoric of Empire: the Development of Christian Discourse
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991) paperback, $18.
John R. Curran, Pagan City and
Christian Capital: Rome in the Fourth Century, Oxford Classical
Monograph (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000) hardcover, $80.
Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, The
Making of a Christian Empire: Lactantius and Rome (Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University Press, 2000) hardcover, $46.
David L. Dungan, Constantine’s
Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament
(Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007) paperback, $17. NEW.
Mark Edwards, Martin Goodman, & Simon
Price, eds., Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and
Christians (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) hardcover,
$82.
T.G. Elliott, The Christianity of
Constantine the Great (Scranton: University of Scranton Press,
1997) paperback, $19.
W.J. Ferrar, ed. Eusebius: The
Proof of the Gospel (originally 2 vol., now 1; reprint: Wipf &
Stock, 2001) paperback, $40.
Everett Ferguson, ed., Missions and
Regional Characteristics of the Early Church, Studies in Early
Christianity 12 (New York: Garland Publishing, 1993).
Garth Fowden, Empire to
Commonwealth: Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993) paperback, $20.
Martin Goodman, Mission and
Conversion: Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman
Empire (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994) paperback, $20.
R. Ross Holloway, Constantine and
Rome (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004) hardcover, $35.
This focuses especially on Constantine as a sponsor key
building projects in Rome.
Aaron P. Johnson, Ethnicity and
Argument in Eusebius’ Praeparatio Evangelica, Oxford Early
Christian Studies (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006)
hardcover, $90. NEW.
A.M.H. Jones, Constantine and the
Conversion of Europe, Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching 4
(Toronto: University of Toronto, 1978) paperback, $14.
D.G. Kousoulas, The Life and Times
of Constantine the Great: The First Christian Emperor, 2nd
ed. (New York: Routledge, 2003) paperback, $20.
Noel Lenski, ed., The Cambridge
Companion to the Age of Constantine (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2006) paperback, $32. NEW.
Ramsay Macmullen, Christianizing
the Roman Empire (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984)
paperback, $16.
Doron Mendels, The Media Revolution
of Early Christianity: An Essay on Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
(Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999) paperback, $24.
Arnaldo Momigliano, ed., The
Conflict between Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth Century
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963). Classic essays.
A.D. Nock, Conversion: the Old and
the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo
(reprint: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998)
paperback, $22. A classic study back in print.
Charles M. Odahl, Constantine and
the Christian Empire, Roman Imperial Biographies (New York:
Routledge, 2004) hardcover, $105.
Claudia Rapp, Holy Bishops in Late
Antiquity: The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of
Transition, Transformation of the Classical Heritage (Berkeley:
University of California Press, 2005) hardcover, $50.
Michele Renee Salzman, The Making
of a Christian Aristocracy: Social and Religious Change in the
Western Roman Empire (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
2002) paperback, $20.
Raymond Van Dam, The Roman
Revolution of Constantine (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2007) hardcover, $85. NEW.