Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians

by Mark J. Edwards (Editor), Martin Goodman (Editor), Simon Price (Editor)

This book is a comprehensive survey of the dialogue between pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire up to the time when Constantine declared himself a Christian. Each chapter is written by a distinguished scholar and is devoted to a single text or group of texts with the aim of identifying the probable audience, the literary milieu, and the circumstances that led to this form of writing.

Genres: Christianity

326 pages, Hardcover

First published June 17, 1999