Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Volume 5 (Ori - She): Authors, Texts, and Ideas

Book info: Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Volume 5 (Ori - She): Authors, Texts, and Ideas (Hardcover, 976 pages) – Brill, 2024. Language: English.

The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (BEEC) focuses on the history of early Christianity, covering texts, authors, ideas, and their reception. Its content is intended to bridge the gap between the fields of New Testament studies and patristics, connecting a number of related fields of study including Judaism, ancient history and philosophy, covering the whole period of early Christianity up to 600 CE. The BEEC aims both to provide a critical review of the methods used in Early Christian Studies and also to update the history of scholarship. The BEEC addresses a range of traditions, including iconographic, martyrological, ecclesiastical, and Christological traditions, as well as cultic phenomena, such as the veneration of saints. The history of the transmission of texts and the reception of early Christian writers are also addressed. The BEEC focuses on early Christianity from a historical perspective in order to uncover the lasting legacy of the authors and texts until the present day. Volume 5 (Ori - She) is also available as part of the . Editorial Reviews Review "The entries in BEEC provide a depth and detail that is not found in other similar products. Users have access to lengthy entries that provide more than a simple, cursory overview of the topic. The inclusion of a historiography subsection to their entries offers another unique per-spective that is not normally found in other products covering similar time periods. Composite score: 4.25" - Denise Gehring, Azusa Pacific University, in: Choice, April 2020 About the Author General Editors:
David G. Hunter is Margaret O'Brien Flatley Professor of Catholic Theology,Boston College, United States.
Paul J.J. van Geest is Professor of Church History and History of Theology, Tilburg University and Professor of Theology and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte is Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.