Written by experts in the field, the essays in this volume examine the early Christian book from a wide range of disciplines: religion, art history, history, Ne

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Early Christian World presents an exhaustive, erudite and lavishly illustrated treatment of how the small movement which formed around Jesus in Galilee became t