Journal of Early Christian History: Neoliberalism and the October 2015 South...
In the editorial of the previous issue of JECH (2015), I made the point that a type of slavery discourse is often prevalent in the managerial rhetoric of institutions of higher education, specifically...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Religious violence in late antique Egypt...
The period of Late Antiquity has long been perceived, and is still often perceived, through the lens of (Christian) literary works, which tell dramatic stories of violence against temples, statues and...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: The Patristic Understanding of the Six...
In this article a survey is undertaken of the Patristic understanding of the creation account in the first chapter of Genesis, the Hexaemeron. It is introduced with a brief sketch of the scriptural...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Why pray? Augustine of hippo's...
Augustine's understanding of knowledge is grounded in Christ, the eternal wisdom incarnate. Because Christ is the source and summit of knowledge, one's approach to the fullness of truth must pass...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Accounts of military operations in the...
This article examines the descriptions of military operations that can be found in the Histories of the fourteenth-century Byzantine emperor John VI Kantakouzenos (1347-1354). Kantakouzenos...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Torah reading in the Johannine community
The question addressed concerns the texts that may have been read aloud as scripture in the Johannine community, as was the practice in Jewish contexts. It is suggested that the Gospel may have been...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Rahab, Esther and Judith as models for...
Several powerful women receive praise in 1 Clement. Clement introduces women into the historical survey known from Hebrews. He compares female martyrs with apostles, and he lists Esther and Judith with...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: All Eye : a metaphor from Ezekiel in the...
Ezekiel's imagery of the four living creatures being all eye proved to be a useful metaphor for such diverse characters as the desert fathers, the ascetics of Gaza, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Gregory...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: In the beginning : a new interpretation...
In this intriguing book, Karen Armstrong offers a new, unconventional interpretation or meditation of Genesis by investigating and analysing the characters of the role players, including that of God....
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: The situation in 2 John : a worried...
The identity of the recipients of 2 John is much debated. Certain key issues complicate the debate, for instance, why does the presbyter mention 'some' of the lady's children who live in truth and not...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: The Christian Doctrine of the...
It is extremely difficult to capture, in the short genre that is the academic book review, the breadth and impact of Ilaria Ramelli's The Christian Doctrine of theApokatastasis. Spanning nearly 900...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Associations in the Greco-Roman world : a...
Neben den Mysterienreligionen und den Synagogen Judäas sowie der jüdischen Diaspora ist das antike Vereinswesen eine der Analogien zu den Gemeinden des Urchristentums. Während die ältere Forschung...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Is ancient history a lazy slave? a brief...
In the editorial of JECH volume 3, issue 1 (2013), I mused, briefly, on the relationship between the study of early Christian texts and addressing contemporary social problems. I noted, more in passing...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: The historical John of Apamea : a...
The present study expounds the problem related to the historical John of Apamea, a Syrian monk who became famous for his spiritual and theological writings in the Middle Ages. The analysis of the...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Early christian identity formation amidst...
This article examines the historical development and nature of early Christian identity during the first two centuries C.E. The formation of early Christian identity was inextricably related to...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: Does virginity still matter in the modern...
In the modern world where people are still fascinated by the idea of virginity, the expression 'being a Thecla' or being a 'disciple of Thecla' refers to the state of virginity. This is a reference to...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: The utility of an Apostle : on Philemon 11
A recent round of scholarship has focused on Paul's language of utility in Philemon, his characterisation of the enslaved Onesimus. In this context, it is helpful to consider idiomatic connotations of...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: The exceptional proves who rules :...
Despite the recent spike of scholarship on 'Paul and empire,' there is still a remarkable gap in considering the imperial and colonial politics of sexuality in Pauline epistles and interpretation. Yet,...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: 'Inclusiveness' - an authentic biblical...
The gospels possess an inner resistance to being confined to the conventional, and this was made very evident in Paul's affirmation stating that in Christ 'there is no Jew nor Greek, there is no slave...
View ArticleJournal of Early Christian History: The integration of oral and written Jesus...
This article considers the important ways in which oral tradition was incorporated with written tradition in the early church. By considering sayings in 1 Clement, Polycarp's Letter to the Philippians...
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