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Tertullian: A Historical and Literary Study

by (author) Timothy David Barnes

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1985
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780198143628
    Publish Date
    Sep 1985
    List Price
    $340.00

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Tertullian lived and wrote in Roman Carthage during the reigns of Septimus Severus (193-211) and his son Caracalla (211-217). His voluminous tracts and pamphlets reveal the atmosphere of early Christianity in an era of persecution. The author sets Tertullian's writings within a chronological and historical framework, then uses them to interpret Tertullian's intellectial development, his reaction to the society in which he lived, and his place in Latin literature.

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Contributor Notes

Timothy D. Barnes is Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto.