Encyclopedia of ancient Christianity c - Angelo Di BerardinoPapa, Joseph T. Papa Koenke, Erik A.Hewett, Eric E.; Joel C. Elowsky; Thomas C. Oden (b, 2014)
volume 1. A-E -- volume 2. F-O -- volume 3. P-Z. Summary: The Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity covers eight centuries of the Christian church and comprises 3,220 entries by a team of 266 scholars from 26 countries representing a variety of Christian traditions. It draws upon such fields as archaeology, art and architecture, biography, cultural studies, ecclesiology, geography, history, philosophy, and theology. This edition updates and expands on previous Italian and English-language editions with the addition of more than 500 new articles (added to the current Italian or English edition). Extensive cross-referencing provides ease in exploring related articles, and helpful bibliographies, including primary sources (texts, critical editions, translations) and key secondary sources (books and journal articles), give access to in-depth scholarship in countless disciplines of study. --From publisher's description
Keywords: Christian literature, Early -- Dictionaries.Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Dictionaries.Christian literature, Early