01143nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000041000800041050002400049100002300073245012500096260003300221300002700254505061500281650008400896999001700980230822s9999    xx            000 0 und d  aeng  aBR1604.2 b.F7 1965  a Frend, William H. 0aMartyrdom and persecution in the early church : ba study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus/cWilliam H. Frend  aOxford : bBlackwell, c1965  axx, 625 p.b; c23 cm.  aPreface 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  aPersecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.Persecution -- Early church.  c45862d45862