{"product_id":"early-christian-literature-helen-rhee-9780415354882","title":"Early Christian Literature: Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelen Rhee's outstanding work is the first book to bring together \u003cem\u003eThe Apologies\u003c\/em\u003e and the semi-fictional \u003cem\u003eApocryphal Acts\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMartyr Acts\u003c\/em\u003e in a single study. Filling a significant gap in the scholarship, she looks at Christian self definition and self representation in the context of pagan-Christian conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing an interdisciplinary approach; historical, literary, theological, sociological, and anthropological, Rhee studies the Christians in the formative period of their religion; from mid first to early third centuries. She examines how the forms of Greco-Roman society were adapted by the Christians to present the superiority of Christian monotheism, Christian sexual morality, and Christian (dis)loyalty to the Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTackling broad topics, including theology, asceticism, sexuality and patriotism, this book explores issues of cultural identity and examines how these propagandist writings shaped the theological, moral and political trajectories of Christian faith and contributed largely to the definition of orthodoxy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis thorough study will benefit all students of early Christianity and Greco-Roman literary culture and civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Rhee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415354889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415354882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.06w x 0.63d","brand":"Helen Rhee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443455897855,"sku":"9780415354882","price":73.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa77bde2-9f66-4d9d-b69f-b53f949a928e.jpg?v=1777205650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-christian-literature-helen-rhee-9780415354882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}