| Description |
368 pages : illustrations (part color), maps, plans. ; 36 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Mediterranean world's age of agony: the historical antecedents / Arnold Toynbee -- 2. A clash of ideologies: Palestine under the Seleucids and Romans / Abraham Schalit -- 3. A divided faith: Jewish religious parties and sects / Kurt Schubert -- 4. A taste for things Greek: Hellenism in Syria and Palestine / A.H.M. Jones -- 5. Empire of Rome: the Roman government and the Christian church / A. Nicholas Sherwin-White -- 6. 'The world's great age': Graeco-Roman society and culture, 31 BC-AD 235 / J.-G. Gagé -- 7. Away from sheer beauty: architecture and art in the Graeco-Roman world, 31 BC-AD 390 / Jocelyn M.C. Toynbee -- 8. Ordeals of the mind: Greek philosophy from the age of Cicero to Plotinus / A. Hilary Armstrong -- 9. Son of man: Jesus in the context of history / David Flusser -- 10. Paganism's death struggle: religions in competition with Christianity / M.J. Vermaseren -- 11. 'That the scripture might be fulfilled': Christianity as a Jewish sect / Cardinal Daniélou -- 12. Word goes forth: Christianity as a missionary religion / Cardinal Daniélou -- 13. Philosophy that faith inspired: Greek philosophy in Philo and the church fathers / Harry A. Wolfson -- 14. Rival theologies: Gnosticism, Marcion, Origen / Robert M. Grant -- 15. Persecutions: Christianity's encounter with the Roman imperial government / G.E.M. Ste. Croix. |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Origin.
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Christianity -- Origin. |
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Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.
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Judaism. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 70 A.D |
| Subject |
Hellenism.
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Hellenism. |
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Christianisme -- Origines. |
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Judaïsme -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 70. |
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Hellénisme -- Histoire. |
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Civilisation gréco-romaine. |
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Rome -- Civilisation. |
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Grèce -- Civilisation. |
| Added Author |
Schalit, Abraham.
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