Between Pagan and Christian /

Between Pagan and Christian / / Christopher P. Jones.

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For the early Christians, "pagan" referred to a multitude of unbelievers: Greek and Roman devotees of the Olympian gods, and "barbarians" such as Arabs and Germans with their own array of deities. But while these groups were clearly outsiders or idolaters, who and what was pagan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Jones, Christopher P.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (223 p.) :; 5 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Authors
  • Preface
  • 1. The Perception of Paganism
  • 2. Constantine
  • 3. After Constantine: Indifference and Intolerance
  • 4. God and Other Divinities
  • 5. Idolatry
  • 6. Sacrifice, Blood, and Prayer
  • 7. Debate
  • 8. Conversion
  • 9. The West
  • 10. The East
  • 11. Conclusion: The Persistence of Paganism
  • Appendix: Was Macrobius a Christian?
  • Timeline
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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