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Μετοχῇ Θεότητος: Partakers of Divinity in Origen's Contra Celsum Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Beniamin Zakhary
Abstract: Origen employs the words μετοχῇ θεότητος in Contra Celsum 3.37, which could be translated as “participating in divine nature.” There are two academic perspectives on this phrase. One sees this phrase to be a deification reference to 2 Peter 1.4, and Origen is said to be the first author to use the verse’s wording to refer to followers of Christ as “partakers of the divine nature.” The other
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Disfigurement and Deliverance: Eusebian Portrayals of Martyrdom and the Letter of the Churches of Lyons and Vienne Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 James M. Petitfils
Abstract: This study examines Eusebius’s physical portrayals of martyrs, situating them within his moral and rhetorical agenda in his Ecclesiastical History. To bring the contours of his discourse into greater relief, I first compare Eusebius’s martyr portrayals with those of the Letter of the Churches of Lyons and Vienne (one of the longest ostensibly non-Eusebian martyr narratives in the History)
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Developments in Early Eucharistic Praying in Light of Changes in Early Christian Meeting Spaces Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Nathan P. Chase
Abstract: Performance criticism (Tambiah) and the Egyptian textual and material evidence strongly suggest that there is a correlation between the size of Christian worship spaces and the length of early Eucharistic prayers that likely holds outside of Egypt as well. Liturgy as an embodied experience not only includes liturgical texts, but also art, architecture, sounds, smells, gestures, and movements
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From Text to Relics: The Emergence of the Scribe-Martyr in Late Antique Christianity (Fourth Century–Seventh Century) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Sabrina Inowlocki
Abstract: This paper delves into the conflation of two prominent figures of authority in the early Christian world: the scribe-scholar and the martyr. While previous scholarship has largely examined these figures separately, this study focuses on their association and argues that they were meaningfully combined to establish a new form of textual authority. The motif of the scribe-martyr is explored
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Reconfigured Relations: A New Perspective on the Relationship between Ambrose's De sacramentis and the Roman Canon Missae Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Matthew S. C. Olver
Abstract: The earliest certain witness to an anaphora that bears many obvious similarities to the Roman Canon Missae is found in Book 4 of Ambrose’s De Sacramentis. Scholars have characterized the relationship between the two texts, however, in remarkably contradictory ways. In this article, I demonstrate that Ambrose and the Roman Canon contain both earlier and later versions of a shared, core text
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Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity by Jeremiah Coogan (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Carl Johan Berglund
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity by Jeremiah Coogan Carl Johan Berglund Jeremiah Coogan Eusebius the Evangelist: Rewriting the Fourfold Gospel in Late Antiquity Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean New York: Oxford University Press, 2022 Pp. xvi + 234. $110.00. Among early
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The Library of Paradise: A History of Contemplative Reading in the Monasteries of the Church of the East by David A. Michelson (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Jacob A. Lollar
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Library of Paradise: A History of Contemplative Reading in the Monasteries of the Church of the East by David A. Michelson Jacob A. Lollar David A. Michelson The Library of Paradise: A History of Contemplative Reading in the Monasteries of the Church of the East Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022 Pp. xxviii + 329. $105
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Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity by Kyle Smith (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Nicole Kelley
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity by Kyle Smith Nicole Kelley Kyle Smith Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity Oakland: University of California Press, 2022 Pp. xxi + 333. $29.95. This book is (aptly) described by its author as “a magpie’s collection of stories and scholarship” that has been distilled
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Sancti Viri, Ut Audio: Theologies, Rhetorics, and Receptions of the Pelagian Controversy Reappraised by Anthony Dupont et al. (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Thomas P. Scheck
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Sancti Viri, Ut Audio: Theologies, Rhetorics, and Receptions of the Pelagian Controversy Reappraised by Anthony Dupont et al. Thomas P. Scheck Anthony Dupont, R. Villegas Marín, G. Malavasi, M. Cosimo Chiriatti, editors Sancti Viri, Ut Audio: Theologies, Rhetorics, and Receptions of the Pelagian Controversy Reappraised Leuven:
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Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation by Alex Fogleman (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Geoffrey Dunn
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation by Alex Fogleman Geoffrey Dunn Alex Fogleman Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023 Pp. xiv + 256. $110.00. The catechumenate in early Christianity was the time a person who wished to become Christian spent in preparation
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The Doctrine of Addai and the Letters of Jesus and Abgar by Jacob A. Lollar (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Eva María Rodrigo Gómez
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Doctrine of Addai and the Letters of Jesus and Abgar by Jacob A. Lollar Eva María Rodrigo Gómez Jacob A. Lollar The Doctrine of Addai and the Letters of Jesus and Abgar Westar Tool and Translations: Early Christian Apocrypha 10 Eugene: Cascade Books, 2023 Pp. xvi + 146. $23.00. Jacob A. Lollar furnishes us with a handy
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Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire by Volker L. Menze (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Mark DelCogliano
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire by Volker L. Menze Mark DelCogliano Volker L. Menze Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire Oxford Early Christian Studies Oxford: Oxford University Press
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The Shepherd of Hermas: A New Translation and Commentary by Michael J. Sviegel and Caroline P. Buie (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Chance E. Bonar
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Shepherd of Hermas: A New Translation and Commentary by Michael J. Sviegel and Caroline P. Buie Chance E. Bonar Michael J. Sviegel and Caroline P. Buie, translators The Shepherd of Hermas: A New Translation and Commentary Foreword by Carolyn Osiek Apostolic Fathers Commentary Series Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2023 Pp. xxxv +
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The Christian Metaphysics of St. Maximus the Confessor: Creation, World-Order, and Redemption by Torstein Theodor Tollefsen (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Carl Vennerstrom
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Christian Metaphysics of St. Maximus the Confessor: Creation, World-Order, and Redemption by Torstein Theodor Tollefsen Carl Vennerstrom Torstein Theodor Tollefsen The Christian Metaphysics of St. Maximus the Confessor: Creation, World-Order, and Redemption Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia: Research on the Inheritance
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Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity: New Conversations for Health Humanities ed. by Susan R. Holman (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 C. L. Buckner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity: New Conversations for Health Humanities ed. by Susan R. Holman C. L. Buckner Susan R. Holman, Chris L. de Wet, Jonathan L. Zecher, editors Disability, Medicine, and Healing Discourse in Early Christianity: New Conversations for Health Humanities Religion, Medicine
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The Subject Vanishes: Jews, Heretics, and Martyrs after the Linguistic Turn Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Paula Fredriksen
Abstract: The “linguistic turn” in early Christian studies, a signal contribution of the work of Elizabeth A. Clark, has raised scholarly awareness of the degree to which terms previously thought to describe social realia in fact function as discursive categories rhetorically deployed for various ends by ancient authors. With this new awareness, how then do we now move from—or work with—our texts’
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Third Heaven: Reading the Secret Book of James (NHC I,2) with a Parodic Imagination Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Kimberly Bauser McBrien
Abstract: From its appearance of the risen Lord to its heavenly ascent the Secret Book of James (NHC I,2; Ap. Jas.) is imitative of other early Christian revelatory literature. Scholarship has attended to these points of similarity to situate this text in relation to others and has found it to be the product of an educationally elite community. Its imitation, however, is marked with critical twists
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Shaping Christianity in Calagurris: Prudentius's renouatio of Ambrose in Peristephanon 1 Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Kathleen M. Kirsch
Abstract: At the close of the fourth century, the ideal shape of Christianity was hotly contested. The veneration of saints and their relics, the significance of celibacy and asceticism, the nature of Christ, and many other aspects of faith and spirituality were disputed. A profusion of literary works, extant and not, explicitly addressed the intricate web of debated topics; Prudentius’s Peristephanon
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"Mother Church" as a "Dove" in 5 Ezra, Cyprian, and the Tabarka Mosaics Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Theodore A. Bergren
Abstract: 5 Ezra (2 Esdras 1–2) is an early Christian pseudepigraphon. 5 Ezra 2.15–32 constitutes an exhortative encomium delivered by God to an unnamed “mother.” Comparison of the language and rhetoric of this encomium with Cyprian’s (fl. 245–58) descriptions of “Mother Church” suggests that the author of 5 Ezra was familiar with Cyprian’s oeuvre and that the “mother” of 5 Ezra 2.15–32 is intended
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Fraught with Tension: The Question of the Unity of the Corpus Dionysiacum Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Wiebke-Marie Stock
Abstract: There is debate about whether the Corpus Dionysiacum consists of two parts or offers a coherent position. One group of scholars presents a divisionist position, distinguishing one group of treatises dominated by the idea of hierarchical mediation from a second concentrating on the idea of individual and mystical knowledge of God. The second scholarly interpretation supports a holistic view
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The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala trans. by David Brakke and David M. Gwynn (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Mark DelCogliano
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala trans. by David Brakke and David M. Gwynn Mark DelCogliano David Brakke and David M. Gwynn, translators The Festal Letters of Athanasius of Alexandria, with the Festal Index and the Historia Acephala Translated Texts for Historians
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Providence and Narrative in the Theology of John Chrysostom by Robert G. T. Edwards (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Dylan M. Burns
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Providence and Narrative in the Theology of John Chrysostom by Robert G. T. Edwards Dylan M. Burns Robert G. T. Edwards Providence and Narrative in the Theology of John Chrysostom Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022 Pp. xvii + 217. $110. This study is a revision of a PhD dissertation completed at the University of
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The Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa by Isidoros C. Katsos (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Alexander H. Pierce
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa by Isidoros C. Katsos Alexander H. Pierce Isidoros C. Katsos The Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature: From Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023 Pp. viii + 248. $90.00. There
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Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity by Vince L. Bantu (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity by Vince L. Bantu Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga Vince L. Bantu Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity Oakland: University of California Press, 2023 Pp. ix + 288. $95.00. The question of when
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Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity by Julia Kelto Lillis (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Tara Baldrick-Morrone
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity by Julia Kelto Lillis Tara Baldrick-Morrone Julia Kelto Lillis Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity in Early Christianity Oakland: University of California Press, 2023 Pp. 290. $95.00. Julia Kelto Lillis’s Virgin Territory: Configuring Female Virginity
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The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity: Intellectual and Material Transformations by Mark Letteney (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Todd S. Berzon
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity: Intellectual and Material Transformations by Mark Letteney Todd S. Berzon Mark Letteney The Christianization of Knowledge in Late Antiquity: Intellectual and Material Transformations New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023 Pp. xvi + 290. $110.00 and Open Access. In the
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Christianity, Philosophy, and Roman Power: Constantine, Julian, and the Bishops on Exegesis and Empire by Lea Niccolai (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Jeremy Swist
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Christianity, Philosophy, and Roman Power: Constantine, Julian, and the Bishops on Exegesis and Empire by Lea Niccolai Jeremy Swist Lea Niccolai Christianity, Philosophy, and Roman Power: Constantine, Julian, and the Bishops on Exegesis and Empire Greek Culture in the Roman World Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Augustine's Theology of the Resurrection by Augustine M. Reisenauer (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Thomas D. McGlothlin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Augustine’s Theology of the Resurrection by Augustine M. Reisenauer Thomas D. McGlothlin Augustine M. Reisenauer Augustine’s Theology of the Resurrection Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023 Pp. xvi + 275. $110.00. Augustine never dedicated a treatise to resurrection, but Augustine M. Reisenauer argues that this absence
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The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate over its Authenticity by Geoffrey S. Smith and Brent C. Landau (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 M. David Litwa
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate over its Authenticity by Geoffrey S. Smith and Brent C. Landau M. David Litwa Geoffrey S. Smith and Brent C. Landau The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate
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Interacting with Saints in the Late Antique and Medieval Worlds ed. by Robert Wiśniewski, Raymond Van Dam, and Bryan Ward-Perkins (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Michelle Freeman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Interacting with Saints in the Late Antique and Medieval Worlds ed. by Robert Wiśniewski, Raymond Van Dam, and Bryan Ward-Perkins Michelle Freeman Robert Wiśniewski, Raymond Van Dam, and Bryan Ward-Perkins, editors Interacting with Saints in the Late Antique and Medieval Worlds Hagiologia 20 Turnhout: Brepols, 2023 Pp. 282
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2022 NAPS Presidential Address: How Shaky a Foundation: The Apostolic Fathers Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Clayton N. Jefford
Abstract: The advent of canonized texts in the post-Constantinian church led to the widespread assumption that specifically approved literature reflected general Christian orthodoxy. The danger that non-canonical literature posed to this process was to provide an avenue by which quasi-acceptable views could enter ecclesiastical theology via courses such as catechetical instruction and teaching from
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The Death of James the Just Revisited Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Nicholas List
Abstract: Based on the testimony of Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 20.197–203), most scholars place the death of James, the brother of Jesus in 62 c.e. This article breaks with this consensus, arguing that the reference to Jesus "called Christ" in Jewish Antiquities 20.200 is a later Christian interpolation. If it can be shown that the Josephan account was not originally about James, the early Christian
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Sex and Sanctity in the Apocryphal Acts of Andrew: A Christian Bedtrick and Its Biblical Bedrock Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Fotini Hadjittofi, Hagith Sivan
Abstract: In the apocryphal Acts of Andrew, a familiar double plot of sex and mistaken identity features Maximilla, a recently converted wife, tricking her pagan husband, Aegeates, into bedding her masked maid in order to retain the purity of her own bed. In resorting to this stratagem of sexual deception, the heroine of this tale behaves in a manner that contemporary Christians would (and did) find
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Social Networks and the Origenist Controversy: The Case of Anastasius I of Rome, Jerome, and Paulinus of Nola Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Geoffrey D. Dunn
Abstract: Attention to the complexities of social networks at the time of the first Origenist controversy at the end of the fourth century reveals that while both Jerome and Anastasius I, bishop of Rome, were anti-Origenist, they had differing attitudes towards Paulinus of Nola. Jerome was suspicious of him because of Origenist associates, while Anastasius seems to have held him in high regard. It
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The Ideal Feminine: Gender, Regendering, and Competition in the Acts of Thecla and the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Lily C. Vuong
Abstract: This article offers a close literary and feminist reading of the Acts of Thecla (A. Thecl.) and the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena (A. Xanthipp.). Although the former is ubiquitous among Christian apocrypha and feminist studies, the latter has received relatively little scholarly attention despite the fact that both stories share interest in ascetic practices and conflict with patriarchal
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The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators: Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World by Thomas Schmidt (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Martina Vercesi
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators: Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World by Thomas Schmidt Martina Vercesi Thomas Schmidt The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators: Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021 Pp. viii + 246. $99
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The Crucified Book: Sacred Writing in the Age of Valentinus by Anne Starr Kreps (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Pamela Reaves
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Crucified Book: Sacred Writing in the Age of Valentinus by Anne Starr Kreps Pamela Reaves Anne Starr Kreps The Crucified Book: Sacred Writing in the Age of Valentinus Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022 Pp. 186. $65.00. In The Crucified Book, Anne Starr Kreps
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Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome by M. David Litwa (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Warren Campbell
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome by M. David Litwa Warren Campbell M. David Litwa Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: Three Early Christian Teachers of Alexandria and Rome Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World New York: Routledge, 2022 Pp. 244. $42.43
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Education in Late Antiquity: Challenges, Dynamism and Reinterpretation, 300–550 CE by Jan R. Stenger (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Lillian I. Larsen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Education in Late Antiquity: Challenges, Dynamism and Reinterpretation, 300–550 CE by Jan R. Stenger Lillian I. Larsen Jan R. Stenger Education in Late Antiquity: Challenges, Dynamism and Reinterpretation, 300–550 CE Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022 Pp. ix + 325. £81.00 Through looking at "how people of the late antique
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Let in the Light: Learning to Read St. Augustine's Confessions by James Boyd White (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Ian Clausen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Let in the Light: Learning to Read St. Augustine's Confessions by James Boyd White Ian Clausen James Boyd White Let in the Light: Learning to Read St. Augustine's Confessions New York: Columbia University Press, 2022 Pp. xxiii + 359. $30.00. Not many readers encounter Augustine in his native Latin. The problem is not confined
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The Reign of Constantius II by Nicholas Baker-Brian (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Eric Fournier
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Reign of Constantius II by Nicholas Baker-Brian Eric Fournier Nicholas Baker-Brian The Reign of Constantius II London: Routledge, 2023 Pp. xxii + 414. $190.00 (Hardback) / $52.95 (e-book). The Roman emperors Constantine I (r. 306–37 c.e.) and Julian (r. 360–61), respectively known as "the Great" and "the Apostate," have
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Unfinished Christians: Ritual Objects and Silent Subjects in Late Antiquity by Georgia Frank (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Naomi Janowitz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Unfinished Christians: Ritual Objects and Silent Subjects in Late Antiquity by Georgia Frank Naomi Janowitz Georgia Frank Unfinished Christians: Ritual Objects and Silent Subjects in Late Antiquity Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023 Pp. 208. $59.95. Georgia Frank's evocative volume reflects the popular turn
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Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings by Markus Vinzent (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Michael Hollerich
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings by Markus Vinzent Michael Hollerich Markus Vinzent Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023 Pp. xvi + 401. $39.99. Markus Vinzent's new book applies the "retrospective"
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Revisiting the Date of the Acts of Peter: Engaging with Potential New Evidence from the History of Simon Cephas Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Callie Callon
Abstract: Previous scholarly consensus held that the text preserved in the Latin Actus Vercellenses was a relatively faithful translation of a second-century Greek Acts of Peter. In partial support of this date was the posited intertextual relationship with the Acts of Paul, with particular attention given to the so-called "quo vadis" scenes related in both apocryphal acts. More recent scholarship
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Who Accused Whom of What? The Outbreak of the "Arian" Controversy Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Samuel Fernández
Abstract: This article aims to reconstruct the outbreak and initial parameters of the so-called Arian crisis. To do that, it divides ancient sources into two different groups: 1) the sources that reproduce or depend on the polemical narrative of Athanasius and 2) the documents contemporary to the events, which are quoted in ancient works. Since Athanasius's narrative is one-sided and retrospective
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Converting after Constantine: Firmicus Maternus and the Scriptures Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Mattias Gassman
Abstract: The two extant works by the senator Julius Firmicus Maternus, a manual of astrology (Mathesis, ca. 337) and a ferocious attack on senatorial paganism (De errore profanarum religionum, 343–50), offer exceptional insight into the transformation of a convert's beliefs in the era of Constantine. Study of Firmicus's Christianity has long been hampered by distaste for his desire to see pagan cult
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The Coptic Act of Peter in Late Antiquity: Virginity, Disability, Intertextuality Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Luke Drake
Abstract: In this essay, I argue that the Coptic Act of Peter (Papyrus Berolinensis 8502.4) is a late ancient Christian reformulation of an early Jewish temple tradition preserved in the book of 3 Maccabees, according to which God preserves the sanctity of his temple by means of divine paralysis. I argue further that the implications of this intertextual relationship ought to influence how we interpret
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Evagrius the Cappadocian: Redating the Kephalaia gnostika Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Joel Kalvesmaki
Abstract: The three works Praktikos, Gnostikos, and Kephalaia gnostika (KG) are traditionally dated to the late 380s, when Evagrius Ponticus was a monk in Egypt. The trilogy is commonly seen as a unified, gradated curriculum for monks. In this article, I argue that this paradigm is deficient. Evagrius wrote the KG largely in the 370s, before he ever became a monk, and well before he even started the
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Speaking for and against the Imperial Portrait Statue in Late Antiquity: Libanius's Orations 19–22 and John Chrysostom's Homilies on the Statues (387 C.E.) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Sean V. Leatherbury
Abstract: In the city of Antioch-on-the-Orontes in 387 c.e., statues of the emperor Theodosius I and his family were destroyed by a crowd angered by a recent tax increase, resulting in a series of imperial punishments enacted upon the city. In the months after the event, two prominent residents, the pagan author Libanius and the Christian priest John Chrysostom, wrote (in the case of Libanius) and
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Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's by Veronica Roberts Ogle (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Naoki Kamimura
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's by Veronica Roberts Ogle Naoki Kamimura Veronica Roberts Ogle Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's City of God Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020 Pp. x + 201. $99.00. In her 2020 book, Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's City of God, Veronica Roberts Ogle
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Tatian's Diatessaron: Composition, Redaction, Recension, and Reception by James W. Barker (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Charles E. Hill
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Tatian's Diatessaron: Composition, Redaction, Recension, and Reception by James W. Barker Charles E. Hill James W. Barker Tatian's Diatessaron: Composition, Redaction, Recension, and Reception Oxford Early Christian Studies Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021 Pp. ix + 157. $85.00. James Barker states his case for a major
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Divine Scripture and Human Emotion in Maximus the Confessor: Exegesis of the Human Heart by Andrew J. Summerson (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Kevin M. Clarke
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Divine Scripture and Human Emotion in Maximus the Confessor: Exegesis of the Human Heart by Andrew J. Summerson Kevin M. Clarke Andrew J. Summerson Divine Scripture and Human Emotion in Maximus the Confessor: Exegesis of the Human Heart The Bible in Ancient Christianity 15 Leiden: Brill, 2021 Pp. xi + 147. $106.00. Andrew
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Athanasius' Use of the Gospel of John: A Rhetorical Analysis of Athanasius' by Wijnand Adrianus Boezelman (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Chibugo Lebechi
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Athanasius' Use of the Gospel of John: A Rhetorical Analysis of Athanasius' by Wijnand Adrianus Boezelman Chibugo Lebechi Wijnand Adrianus Boezelman Athanasius' Use of the Gospel of John: A Rhetorical Analysis of Athanasius' Orations Against the Arians Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2021 Pp. xxi + 395. $144.95. Wijnand Boezelman
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Fallen Angels in the Theology of Saint Augustine by Gregory D. Wiebe (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Travis Proctor
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Fallen Angels in the Theology of Saint Augustine by Gregory D. Wiebe Travis Proctor Gregory D. Wiebe Fallen Angels in the Theology of Saint Augustine Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021 Pp. xviii + 258. $100. This book offers a thorough exploration of Augustine's understanding of fallen angels and demons, with special attention
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New Narratives for Old: The Historical Method of Reading Early Christian Theology, Essays in Honor of Michel René Barnes ed. by Anthony Briggman and Ellen Scully (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Shawn J. Wilhite
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: New Narratives for Old: The Historical Method of Reading Early Christian Theology, Essays in Honor of Michel René Barnes ed. by Anthony Briggman and Ellen Scully Shawn J. Wilhite Anthony Briggman and Ellen Scully, editors New Narratives for Old: The Historical Method of Reading Early Christian Theology, Essays in Honor of
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The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries by Alain Le Boulluec (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Nicolò Sassi
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries by Alain Le Boulluec Nicolò Sassi Alain Le Boulluec The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries Edited by David Lincicum and Nicholas Moore Translated by A. K. M. Adam, Monique Cuany, Nicholas Moore, and Warren Campbell
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The Hay Archive of Coptic Spells on Leather: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Materiality of Magical Practice ed. by Elisabeth R. O'Connell (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Michael Beshay
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Hay Archive of Coptic Spells on Leather: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Materiality of Magical Practice ed. by Elisabeth R. O'Connell Michael Beshay Elisabeth R. O'Connell, editor The Hay Archive of Coptic Spells on Leather: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Materiality of Magical Practice London: The British Museum
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Mirrors of the Divine: Late Ancient Christianity and the Vision of God by Emily R. Cain (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Derek King
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Mirrors of the Divine: Late Ancient Christianity and the Vision of God by Emily R. Cain Derek King Emily R. Cain Mirrors of the Divine: Late Ancient Christianity and the Vision of God Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023 Pp. viii + 194. $83.00. What does it mean to see God? For Christians, the matter is complicated. On the
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Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity: The Cappadocian Fathers and the Rhetoric of Masculinity by Nathan D. Howard (review) Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Richard Flower
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity: The Cappadocian Fathers and the Rhetoric of Masculinity by Nathan D. Howard Richard Flower Nathan D. Howard Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity: The Cappadocian Fathers and the Rhetoric of Masculinity Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Contents Journal of Early Christian Studies (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-18
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contents Deification and Defecation: Valentinus Fragment 3 and the Physiology of Jesus's Digestion M. David Litwa 1 In Search of Clement of Alexandria's Hypotyposes Vít Hušek 19 Imprecatory Psalms as Prophecy: How John Chrysostom's Commentary on the Psalms Addresses the Moral Problem of Anger Elizabeth Sunshine Koroma 33 Augustine and