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.