The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
by Robert L. Wilken

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• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Genres: history, religion, christianity, christian, ancient, theology, philosophy
• Language: english
• ISBN: 9780300098396 (0300098391)
• Release date: April 10, 2003
• Author: Robert L. Wilken
• Format: paperback, 238 pages

About The Book

This book offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations

Pliny: a Roman gentleman. The making of a Roman official; Travels of a provincial governor; A Christian association; Offerings of wine & incense

Christianity as a burial society. Church or political club?; A sense of belonging; A Bacchic society; An obscure & secret association

The piety of the persecutors. Roman religion & Christian prejudice; The practice of religion; “We too are a religious people”

Galen: the curiosity of a philosopher. Philosophy & medicine; Christianity as a philosophical school; The practice of philosophy; The arbitrary god of the Christians

Celsus: a conservative intellectual. Begging priests of Cybele & soothsayers; The deficiencies of Christian doctrine; Demythologizing the story of Jesus; An apostasy from Judaism; Religion & the social order

Porphyry: the most learned critic of all. In defense of Plato; The Jewish scriptures; The Christian New Testament; Philosophy from oracles; The religion of the emperor; Jesus not a magician; An unreasoning faith

Julian the Apostate: Jewish law & Christian truth. The emperor’s piety; Greek education & Christian values; Against the Galilaeans; The tribal god of Jews & Christians; An apostasy from Judaism

Epilogue

Suggestions for Further Reader

Index

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