The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies

A wide-ranging collection of authoritative accounts covering all major areas of current research in Early Christian studies by a distinguished team of international authors. It is thematically arranged to encompass the inter-disciplinary nature of the field, examining history, literature, thought, practices, and material culture.



Zusatztext The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies stems from the rich scholarly tradition of Oxford and features within a handbook series devoted to a plenitude of scientific topics and in which various domains of history, theology and religious sciences are already covered ... impressive volume ... a must for all beginners and a quick reference for specialists in the field. Zusammenfassung 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.

Klappentext
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates the explosion of research in this inter-disciplinary field over recent decades. It is thematically arranged to encompass history, literature, thought, practices, and material culture. Whilst the burgeoning of scholarly work has made it impossible for any one scholar to maintain expertise in every aspect of the discipline, this handbook seeks to aid both the new researcher in the field and the scholar entering an unfamiliar sub-specialty. Each chapter orients readers to the current 'state of the question' in a given area, reflecting on key research issues to date, highlighting primary sources and giving suggestions as to the likely direction of future work. The Handbook takes the period 100 to 600 CE as a chronological span and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in Western and Eastern late antiquity.

Inhalt
Preface; PART ONE: PROLEGOMENA; 1. From Patristics to Early Christian Studies; 2. Literature, Patristics, Early Christian Writing; 3. Which Early Christianity?; PART TWO: EVIDENCE: MATERIAL AND TEXTUAL; 4. Material Evidence (1): Archaeology; 5. Material Evidence (2): Visual Culture; 6. Epigraphy; 7. Paleography and Codicology; PART THREE: IDENTITIES; 8. Jews and Christians; 9. Pagans and Christians; 10. 'Gnosticism'; 11. Manichaeism; 12. Arius and Arians; 13. Pelagius and Pelagians; PART FOUR: REGIONS; 14. The West (1): Italy, Gaul, and Spain; 15. The West (2): North Africa; 16. The East (1): Greece and Asia Minor; 17. The East (2): Egypt and Palestine; 18. The East (3): Syria and Mesopotamia; PART FIVE: STRUCTURES AND AUTHORITIES; 19. Clergy and Laity; 20. The Biblical Canon; 21. Creeds, Councils, and Canons; 22. Church and Empire; 23. Women and Gender; 24. Monastic Life; PART SIX: EXPRESSIONS OF CHRISTIAN CULTURE; 25. Early Christian Apocryphal Literature; 26. Apologetics; 27. Homiletics; 28. Early Christian Historiography; 29. Martyrology and Hagiography; 30. Poetry and Hymnography (1): Latin; 31. Poetry and Hymnography (2): Greek; 32. Poetry and Hymnography (3): Syriac; 33. Christian Philosophy; PART SEVEN: RITUAL, PIETY, AND PRACTICE; 34. Christian Initiation; 35. Eucharistic Liturgy; 36. Prayer; 37. Asceticism; 38. Penance; 39. Martyrdom and the Cult of the Saints; 40. Pilgrimage; PART EIGHT: THEOLOGICAL THEMES; 41. Interpretation of Scripture; 42. Doctrine of God; 43. Christ and Christologies; 44. Doctrine of Creation; 45. Early Christian Ethics; PART NINE: TOOLS OF THE TRADE (INSTRUMENTA STUDIORUM); Index

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