Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-26416-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 85, 492 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

Reihe: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity / Early Christianity in Asia Minor

In Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley, Ulrich Huttner explores the way Christians established communities and defined their position within their surroundings from the first to the fifth centuries. He shows that since the time of Paul the apostle, the cities Colossae, Hierapolis and Laodicea allowed Christians to expand and develop in their own way.
Huttner uses a wide variety of sources, not only Christian texts - from Pauline letters to Byzantine hagiographies - but also inscriptions and archeological remains, to reconstruct the religious conflicts as well as cooperation between Christians, Jews and Pagans. The book reveals the importance of local conditions in the development of Early Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huttner, Ulrich

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Historical Background
3. Pauline Influence: Philemon and Colossians
4. The Letter in the Apocalypse of John
5. Philip and His Daughters
6. Papias and Apollinarius: Bishops in Hierapolis
7. Institutionalization: Clerical Offices, Synods, and Councils
8. Persecution and Legends
9. Conclusion
10. Sources and Bibliography
11. Indexes
12. Clergy and Functionaries (Prosopographic Index)

Über Autor(innen)

Ulrich Huttner, Dr.phil.habil. (Dr.phil. 1995 Munich, habilitation 2001 Leipzig), is senior researcher at the TOPOI Cluster of Excellency at Humboldt-University in Berlin. He published several monographs on ancient history and currently focuses on Early Christianity in Asia Minor.