01161nam a2200157Ia 4500 230822s9999 xx 000 0 und d eng BR1604.2 .F7 1965 Frend, William H. Martyrdom and persecution in the early church : a study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus/ William H. Frend Oxford : Blackwell, 1965 xx, 625 p. ; 23 cm. Preface Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Martyrs of Lyons, Judaism and Martyrdom, Martyrdom in the New Testament Period, Rome and Foreign Cults, The Legacy of the Hellenistic East to A.D. 41, The Church and the World to A.D. 70, Old Israel and New, 70-135, Lord Caesar or Lord Christ? 70-138, The False Dawn, 135-165, The Years of Crisis, 165-180, The Turn of the Tide, 180-235, The Great Divide: Alexandria, Carthage and Rome 190-240, Decius, The Triumph of Christianity, 260-303, The Great Persecution, 303-312, What has the Emperor to do with the Church? 312-361 Conclusion Bibliography Index Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.Persecution -- Early church. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2023-08-23 24.50 0 BR1604.2 .F7 1965 00027427 2023-08-23 00:00:00 2023-08-23 BK 44959 44959