The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies
The
Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates
the explosion of research in this interdisciplinary field over recent
decades. A one-volume reference work, it provides an introduction to the
academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the
vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in Western and
Eastern late antiquity. It is thematically arranged to encompass
history, literature, thought, practices, and material culture. It
contains authoritative and up-to-date surveys of current thinking and
research in the various subfields of early Christian studies, written by
leading figures in the discipline. The essays orient readers to a given
topic, as well as to the trajectory of research developments over the
past 30-50 years within the scholarship itself. Guidance for future
research is also given. Each essay points the reader towards relevant
forms of extant evidence (texts, documents, or examples of material
culture), as well as to the appropriate research tools available for the
area.This volume will be useful to advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students, as well as to specialists in any area who wish to consult a brief review of the "state of the question" in a particular area of early Christian studies, especially one different from their own.
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