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11. Apollo

    By Fritz Graf

    Series: Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World

    Fritz Graf here presents a survey of a god once thought of as the most powerful of gods, and capable of great wrath should he be crossed: Apollo the sun god. From his first attestations in Homer, through the complex question of pre-Homeric Apollo, to the opposition between Apollo and Dionysos in...

    Published October 15th 2008 by Routledge
12. Ancient Greek Cults

    A Guide

    By Jennifer Larson

    Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed. Detailed enough to be used as a...

    Published October 9th 2008 by Routledge
13. Theodore of Mopsuestia

    By Frederick McLeod

    Series: The Early Church Fathers

    Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia, (c.350-428) stands out as the pre-eminent exponent of the School of Antioch’s literal, historical and rational emphases in exegesis and of its staunch defence of Christ’s humanity. At his death, he was hailed as one of the outstanding, prolific biblical theologians...

    Published August 18th 2008 by Routledge
14. Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria

    By Silke Trzcionka

    Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria presents an in-depth investigation of a variety of ‘magical’ practices with a focused study in the late antique Syria and Palestine. Offering new research using both archaeological and literary sources, and blending Classical, Jewish, and...

    Published October 26th 2006 by Routledge
15. Evagrius Ponticus

    By Augustine Casiday

    Series: The Early Church Fathers

    Presenting many texts available for the very first time, this new volume in the successful Early Church Fathers series showcases full translations of Evagrius' letters, notes on various books of the bible, his treatises and his 'chapters'. Augustine Casiday's material is both accurate and...

    Published April 6th 2006 by Routledge
16. Theodoret of Cyrus

    By Istvan Pasztori Kupan

    Series: The Early Church Fathers

    The larger part of Theodoret of Cyrus' existant body of work still remains untranslated, and this lack provides a fragmented representation of his thought and has lead to his misrepresentation by ancient, medieval and some modern scholars. Theodoret of Cyrus presents a fresh collection of...

    Published February 26th 2006 by Routledge
17. Animals, Gods and Humans

    Changing Attitudes to Animals in Greek, Roman and Early Christian Thought

    By Ingvild Saelid Gilhus

    Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals...

    Published February 15th 2006 by Routledge
18. Early Christian Literature

    Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries

    By Helen Rhee

    Series: Routledge Early Church Monographs

    Helen Rhee’s outstanding work is the first book to bring together The Apologies and the semi-fictional Apocryphal Acts and Martyr Acts in a single study. Filling a significant gap in the scholarship, she looks at Christian self definition and self representation in the context of pagan-Christian...

    Published April 7th 2005 by Routledge
19. The Early Christian World

    Edited by Philip F. Esler

    Series: Routledge Worlds

    Early Christian World presents an exhaustive, erudite and lavishly illustrated treatment of how the small movement which formed around Jesus in Galilee became the pre-eminent religion of the ancient world. The work begins by firmly situating early Christianity within its Mediterranean social,...

    Published July 28th 2004 by Routledge
20. Christianity in the Second Century

    The Case of Tatian

    By Emily J. Hunt

    Series: Routledge Early Church Monographs

    Tatian is a significant figure in the early Church, his work both representing and revealing his second-century context. This study offers a detailed exploration of his thought. It is also a valuable introduction to the entire period, particularly the key developments it witnessed in...

    Published May 28th 2003 by Routledge