Hartmut Leppin: The Early Christians: From the Beginnings to Constantine
A milestone book in German on the development of Christ-religion during the formative period from its beginning to Constantine is now available in English translation. The focus is on the era during which the religious movement underwent development from a Judaic type of religion into an incipiently...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2025
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Jahr: 2025, Band: 72, Heft: 1, Seiten: 93-104 |
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early Christ-religion
B Christendom B Constantinian turn B history of events B triumph of Christianity |
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| Zusammenfassung: | A milestone book in German on the development of Christ-religion during the formative period from its beginning to Constantine is now available in English translation. The focus is on the era during which the religious movement underwent development from a Judaic type of religion into an incipiently semi-autonomous form of religion with respect to other Judaic forms. Given the importance of the book – the first in many years by a civil historian on the formation of early Christ-religion – I give a lengthy and critical presentation of the argument. In the second half of the review I turn to some key points that I think need further discussion. Ultimately, Leppin’s book is a must-read for scholars of early Christ-religion and for historians of religions interested in the overarching question of depictions of religions from their emergence to the period of their gaining institutionalized foothold. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Numen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-07201004 |
