A History of Early Christian Literature </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>González, Justo L.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">2:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>John Knox Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2019</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>399tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this groundbreaking work, esteemed historian of Christianity Justo González chooses to focus on the literature of early Christianity. Beginning with the epistolary writings of the earliest Christian writers of the second century CE, he moves through apologies, martyrologies, antiheretical polemics, biblical commentaries, sermons, all the way up through Augustine's invention of spiritual autobiography and beyond. Throughout he demonstrates how literary genre played a decisive role in the construction of theological meaning. Covering the earliest noncanonical Christian writings through the fifth century and later, this book will serve as an indispensable guide to students studying the theology of the early church.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Justo L. González</note> <subject> <topic>Christianity and culture -- History -- Early church, ca 30-600</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>early Christian literature</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">270.1</classification> <classification authority="ddc">G643-J96</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780664264444</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14081/h.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14081/h.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071326.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>