Pagan Rome and the Early Christians (Midland Books Series) - Softcover

Benko, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253203856 ISBN 13: 9780253203854

Verlag: Indiana University Press, 1986

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As perceived by the average Roman citizen, the early rites and behavior of Christians laid them open to charges of cannibalism, immorality, and the practice of magic and conspiring and fomenting rebellion aganst the state.
The early church fathers rejected these accusations and portrayed pagans as victims of misinformation or perpetrators of ill will. Benko proposes to give the pagans the benefit of the doubt and analyzes their charges against Christianity under the premise that they may have been right within the context of the times. He has provided a persuasively argued and refreshing-if controversial-perspective on the confrontation of the pagan and early Christian worlds.

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Stephen Benko

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0253203856
• ISBN 13: 9780253203854
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 196
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