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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136230103321

Autore

Robinson Thomas A (Thomas Arthur), <1951->

Titolo

Who were the first Christians? : dismantling the urban thesis / / Thomas A. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-062056-0

0-19-062057-9

0-19-062055-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

270.1

Soggetti

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Christians

Cities and towns - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Robinson argues that popular views of early Christian growth-one concentrated in urban environments-would nearly saturate every urban area of the entire Roman Empire with Christians, leaving no room for Jews or pagans.