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041			_aeng
050			_aBR1604.2 _b.F7 1965
100			_a Frend, William H.
245		0	_aMartyrdom and persecution in the early church : _ba study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus/ _cWilliam H. Frend
260			_aOxford : _bBlackwell, _c1965
300			_axx, 625 p. _b; _c23 cm.
505			_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
650			_aPersecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.Persecution -- Early church.
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