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008			011003s2001 ilu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2001051564
020			_a0830826777 (alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
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050	0	0	_aBR 162.3 _b.M39 2001
082	0	0	_a270.1 _221
100	1		_aMcKechnie, Paul, _d1957- _94382
245	1	4	_aThe first Christian centuries : _bperspectives on the early church / _cPaul McKechnie.
260			_aDowners Grove, Ill. : _bInterVarsity Press, _cc2001.
300			_a270 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-261) and index.
505			_aContents:
505			_a Introduction : Christians from a distant perspective -- First-century Christianity : the source debate -- First-generation Christianity -- Initial growth, incipient persecution -- The second Christian generation -- Second- and third-century Christianity : another source debate -- Persecution and anti-Christian polemic -- An enclave : Caesar's palace -- Gnosticism and Christian diversity -- Women and Christianity -- The great persecution and Constantine.
520			_aSummary:
520			_a "The value of this study lies not in providing a comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of the early church. It lies in critically examining key historical issues in sustained conversation with contemporary scholarship and the ancient sources. McKechnie will be valued by both students and scholars of early Christianity as an intelligent and informed companion who offers repeated and valuable insights into this critical era of Christian beginnings."
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600. _94383
650		0	_aChristianity and other religions _xRoman. _94384
651		0	_aRome _xReligion. _94385
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eocip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBOOK
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