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Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 1481304739 . "Silly," "stupid," "irrational," "simple." "Wicked," "hateful," "obstinate," "anti-social." "Extravagant," "perverse." The Roman world rendered harsh judgments upon early Christianityincluding branding Christianity "new." Novelty was no Roman religious virtue.Nevertheless, as Larry W. Hurtado shows in Destroyer of the gods, Christianity thrived despite its new and distinctive features and opposition to them. Unlike nearly all other religious groups, Christianity utterly rejected the traditional gods of the Roman world. Christianity also offered a new and different kind of religious identity, one not based on ethnicity. Christianity was distinctively a "bookish" religion, with the production, copying, distribution, and reading of texts as central to its faith,…
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Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World Hardcover - 2016
by Larry W. Hurtado
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- Title Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World
- Author Larry W. Hurtado
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Baylor University Press, Waco, Texas
- Date 2016
- ISBN 9781481304733 / 1481304739
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.1 in (22.10 x 14.73 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Church history - Primitive and early church,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016006230
- Dewey Decimal Code 270.2
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