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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790830003321

Autore

Huttner U (Ulrich)

Titolo

Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley / / by Ulrich Huttner ; translation by David Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-26428-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (514 p.)

Collana

Ancient Judaism and early Christianity, , 1871-6636 ; ; volume 85

Early Christianity in Asia Minor (ECAM) ; ; volume 1

Altri autori (Persone)

GreenDavid

Disciplina

275.6101

Soggetti

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

Turkey Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- Pauline Influence: Philemon and Colossians -- The Letter in the Apocalypse of John -- Philip and His Daughters -- Papias and Apollinarius: Bishops in Hierapolis -- Institutionalization: Clerical Offices, Synods, and Councils -- Persecution and Legends -- Conclusion: Communitization and the Search for a Standpoint -- Sources and Bibliography -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

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.