The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Harvey, Susan Ashbrook; Hunter, David G.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates the explosion of research in this inter-disciplinary field over recent decades. As a one-volume reference work, it provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in western and eastern late antiquity. It is thematically arranged to encompass history, literature, thought, practices, and material culture. It contains authoritative and up-to-date surveys of current thinking and research in the various sub-specialties of early Christian studies, written by leading figures in the discipline. The essays orientate readers to a given topic, as well as to the trajectory of research developments over the past 30-50 years within the scholarship itself. Guidance for future research is also given. Each essay points the reader towards relevant forms of extant evidence (texts, documents, or examples of material culture), as well as to the appropriate research tools available for the area. This volume will be useful to advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students, as well as to specialists in any area who wish to consult a brief review of the 'state of the question' in a particular area or sub-specialty of early Christian studies, especially one different from their own.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780191556616
• Artikelnr.: 54590679

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part One: Prolegomena
* 1: Elizabeth A. Clark: From Patristics to Early Christian Studies
* 2: Mark Vessey: Literature, Patristics, Early Christian Writing
* 3: Karen L. King: Which Early Christianity?
* Part Two: Evidence: Material and Textual
* 4: Mark Humphries: Material Evidence (1): Archaeology
* 5: Robin M. Jensen: Material Evidence (2): Visual Culture
* 6: William Tabbernee: Epigraphy
* 7: Ralph W. Mathiesen: Paleography and Codicology
* Part Three: Identities
* 8: Andrew S. Jacobs: Jews and Christians
* 9: Michele R. Salzman: Pagans and Christians
* 10: Antti Marjanen: 'Gnosticism'
* 11: Samuel N.C. Lieu: Manichaeism
* 12: J. Rebecca Lyman: Arius and Arians
* 13: Mathijs Lamberigts: Pelagius and Pelagians
* Part Four: Regions
* 14: Mark Humphries: The West (1): Italy, Gaul, and Spain
* 15: Eric Rebillard: The West (2): North Africa
* 16: Raymond Van Dam: The East (1): Greece and Asia Minor
* 17: David Brakke: The East (2): Egypt and Palestine
* 18: Lucas Van Rompay: The East (3): Syria and Mesopotamia
* Part Five: Structures and Authorities
* 19: Karen Jo Torjesen: Clergy and Laity
* 20: Michael W. Holmes: The Biblical Canon
* 21: Everett Ferguson: Creeds, Councils, and Canons
* 22: Harold A. Drake: Church and Empire
* 23: Ross Shepherd Kraemer: Women and Gender
* 24: J. William Harmless, S.J.: Monastic Life
* Part Six: Expressions of Christian Culture
* 25: Stephen J. Shoemaker: Early Christian Apocryphal Literature
* 26: Mark Edwards: Apologetics
* 27: Wendy Mayer: Homiletics
* 28: William Adler: Early Christian Historiography
* 29: Susan Ashbrook Harvey: Martyr Passions and Hagiography
* 30: Michael J. Roberts: Poetry and Hymnography (1): Christian Latin
Poetry
* 31: John A. McGuckin: Poetry and Hymnography (2): The Greek World
* 32: Sebastian P. Brock: Poetry and Hymnography (3): Syriac
* 33: Hubertus R. Drobner: Christian Philosophy
* Part Seven: Ritual, Piety, and Practice
* 34: Maxwell E. Johnson: Christian Initiation
* 35: Daniel Sheerin: Eucharistic Liturgy
* 36: Columba Stewart, O.S.B.: Prayer
* 37: Rebecca Krawiec: Asceticism
* 38: Allan D. Fitzgerald, O.S.A: Penance
* 39: Richard M. Price: Martyrdom and the Cult of the Saints
* 40: Georgia Frank: Pilgrimage
* Part Eight: Theological Themes
* 41: Frances M. Young: Interpretation of Scripture
* 42: Lewis Ayres and Andrew Radde-Gallwitz: Doctrine of God
* 43: Brian E. Daley, S.J.: Christ and Christologies
* 44: Paul Blowers: Doctrine of Creation
* 45: Francine Cardman: Early Christian Ethics
* 46: Joseph F. Kelly and Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent: Instrumenta
Studiorum: Tools of the Trade
* Index of Biblical Citations
* Index of General Subjects
* Index of Persons (Ancient and Modern)

Rezensionen

These essays, as well as many others in the volume, provide the reader with a helpful orientation to the figure or issue under consideration, and all of the essays evidence a fairness and balance in presentation; where an issue is unsettled or controverted, the author signals such to the reader and indicates where she should turn to pursue the question. Michael Heintz, Religious Studies Review