From Paul to Valentinus : Christians at Rome in the first two centuries / Peter Lampe ; translated by Michael Steinhauser ; edited by Marshall D. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lampe, Peter, 1954-

Contributor:

Johnson, Marshall D.

Standardized Title:

Stadtrömischen Christen in den ersten beiden Jahrhunderten. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Rome (Italy)--Church history.

Rome (Italy).

Rome (Italy)--Social life and customs.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xvii, 525 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Fortress Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2003.

Summary:

In this pathbreaking study of the rise and shape of the earliest churches in Rome, Lampe integrates history, archaeology, theology, and social analysis. He also takes a close look at inscriptional evidence to complement the reading of the great literary texts: from Paul's Letter to the Romans to the writings of Clement of Rome, Justin Martyr, Montanus, and Valentinus. Thoroughly reworked and updated by the author for this English-language edition, this study is a groundbreaking work, broad in scope and closely detailed. Lampe deals with the shape of leadership and the Christians' relation to the Judeans living in Rome. In six parts, comprised of fifty-one chapters and four appendices, Lampe greatly advances our knowledge of the shape of leadership and the Christians' relation to the Judeans living in Rome.

Notes:

Translated from the 2nd German ed. (1989)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-474) and indexes.

ISBN:

0800627024

OCLC:

53371705