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Paganism and Christianity 100-425 C.E. (38186) Ramsay Macmullen and Eugene N. Lane (editors) |
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The book is a collection of nearly 175
documents-from saints, emperors, philosophers, satirists, inscriptions,
graffiti, and other interesting types - that sheds light on the complex fabric
of religious belief as it changed from a variety of non-Judeo-Christian
movements to Christian in late antiquity. These texts illuminate and bring to
life the bizarre and the banal of the social world of the This treasury of texts leads the reader through
the matrix of beliefs among which Christianity grew. It includes both
Christian and non-Christian sources, avoiding a common but obscuring division
between the two. The material is presented as one single flow that satisfies natural
curiosity and whets the reader's appetite for more. Brief explanatory introductions to the
documents are included. |
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