A sweeping history of Christianity’s first five centuries from acclaimed historian Paula Fredriksen. Ancient Christianities explores how a small Jewish movement centred on Jesus developed into a remarkably diverse collection of Christian communities across the Roman world, tracing the debates, conflicts and ideas that shaped the emerging religion.
A sweeping history of Christianity’s first five centuries from acclaimed historian Paula Fredriksen. Ancient Christianities explores how a small Jewish movement centred on Jesus developed into a remarkably diverse collection of Christian communities across the Roman world, tracing the debates, conflicts and ideas that shaped the emerging religion.
Paula Fredriksen is one of my favourite scholars of early Christianity, particularly for the way she places Jesus, Paul and the earliest Christians firmly within their Jewish and Roman worlds. Her writing manages to combine serious historical scholarship with a style that is genuinely enjoyable to read. I’d highly recommend this one for anyone wanting to understand how Christianity developed during its first centuries.
