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1、thecambridgehistoryofEARLYCHRISTIANLITERATUREThewritingsoftheChurchFathersformadistinctbodyoflitera-turewhichshapedtheearlyChurchandbuiltuponthedoctrinalfoundationsofChristianityrecentlyestablishedwithintheNewTestamentandbyoralandecclesiasticaltradition.Christianlitera-tureinthepe
2、riodc.100–c.400constitutesoneofthemostinfluen-tialtextualoeuvresofanyreligion.WrittenmainlyinGreek,LatinandSyriac,patristicliteratureemanatedfromallpartsoftheearlyChristianworldandhelpedtoextenditsboundaries.TheworksofIrenaeus,Origen,Hippolytus,Eusebius,Athanasius,GregoryofNyssa,Au
3、gustine,JohnChrysostom,Ephrem,thegnostics,theMontanistsandtheCappadociansareamongthebest-knownex-amplesofanextensivesetoftextsgrapplingwiththetheologicalissuesattheheartofearlyChristianity–manyofwhichstilllieatitshearttoday.ThisHistoryisthefirstsystematicaccountofthatliteratureandi
4、tssettingformanyyears.TheworkofindividualwritersinshapingthevariousgenresandformsofChristianlitera-tureisconsidered,andthevolumealsooffersthreegeneralessayscoveringdistinctperiodsinthedevelopmentofChristianlitera-ture.Thesepiecessurveythesocial,culturalanddoctrinalcontextwithinwhi
5、chChristianliteraturearoseandwithinwhichitwasusedbyChristians.Thebookisintendedforusebytheologiansandhistorians,providingalandmarkreferenceworkforscholars,teachersandstudents.FrancesYoungisEdwardCadburyProfessorofTheologyattheUniversityofBirmingham.LewisAyresisAssistantProfessorof
6、HistoricalTheologyattheCandlerSchoolofTheologyandGraduateDivisionofReligion,EmoryUniversity.AndrewLouthisProfessorofPatristicandByzantineStudiesattheUniversityofDurham.CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THECA
7、MBRIDGEHISTORYOFEARLYCHRISTIANLITERATURE∗EditedbyFRANCESYOUNGLEWISAYRESANDREWLOUTHAssistanteditor:AugustineCasidayCambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008publishedbythepresssyndicateoftheuniversityofcambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdomca
8、mbridgeuniversitypressTheEdinburg
