The Christians as the Romans saw them /

Wilken, Robert Louis, 1936-

The Christians as the Romans saw them / [print] Robert Louis Wilken. - Second edition. - New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, (c)2003. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 214 pages)

Previous edition: 1984.

Pliny: a Roman gentleman -- Christianity as a burial society -- The piety of the persecutors -- Galen: The curiosity of a philosopher -- Celsus: A conservative intellectual -- Porphyry: The most learned critic of all -- Julian the Apostate: Jewish law and Christian truth.

This book offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.



9780300160956

JSTOR


Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions--Roman--History.


Electronic books.

BL2756 BL2756.W681.C475 2003