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Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire: Ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians

David Wheeler-Reed, Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire: Ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians,Yale University Press, New Haven – London,  2017.

A New Testament scholar challenges the belief that American family values are based on “Judeo-Christian” norms by drawing unexpected comparisons between ancient Christian theories and modern discourses. Challenging the long-held assumption …

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The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, Simon & Schuster, New York 2018.

From the New York Times bestselling authority on early Christianity, the story of how Christianity grew from a religion of twenty or so peasants in rural Galilee to the dominant religion …

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The Early Christian World (2nd Edition)

Philip F. Esler (ed.), The Early Christian World, Routledge 2017.

 

Since its publication in 2000, The Early Christian World has come to be regarded by scholars, students and the general reader as one of the most informative and accessible works in English on the origins, development, character and major figures of …

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