Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church (1965 Frend), book

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Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church: A Study of a Conflict from Maccabees to Donatus (1965) is a book by W.H.C. Frend.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in Oxford, England: Blackwell, 1965; and New York, NY: New York University Press, 1967. Reissued in 1981; 1993; and 2008.

Table of contents

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.

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