The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies

Edited by Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Professor of Religious Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, and David G. Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

William Adler, Professor of Religion at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Lewis Ayres, Associate Professor of Historical Theology in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Paul M. Blowers, Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History at the Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, TN.
David Brakke, Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Sebastian P. Brock, Reader in Syriac Studies Emeritus at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University.
Francine Cardman, Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, MA.
Elizabeth A. Clark, John Carlisle Kilgo Professor of Religion at Duke University, Durham, NC.
Brian E. Daley, S.J., Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Harold A. Drake, Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
Hubertus R. Drobner, Professor of Church History and Patrology at the Theologische Fakultät Paderborn, Germany.
Mark Edwards, Tutor in Theology at Christ Church and Lecturer in Patristics at Oxford University.
Everett Ferguson, Professor of Church History Emeritus at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX.
Allan D. Fitzgerald, O.S.A., Professor of Patristics at the Augustinian Patristic Institute, Rome.
Georgia Frank, Associate Professor of Religion at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.
J. William Harmless, S.J., Professor of Theology at Creighton University, Omaha, NE.
Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University, Providence, RI.
Michael W. Holmes, Professor of Biblical Studies and Early Christianity at Bethel University, St. Paul, MN.
Mark Humphries, Professor of Ancient History at Swansea University, Swansea, Wales.
David G. Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Andrew S. Jacobs, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside, CA.
Robin M. Jensen, Luce Chancellor's Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, TN.
Maxwell E. Johnson, Professor of Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Joseph F. Kelly, Professor of Religious Studies at John Carroll University, University Heights, OH.
Karen L. King, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the Harvard University Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.
Ross Shepherd Kraemer, Professor of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies at Brown University, Providence, RI.
Rebecca Krawiec, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY.
Mathijs Lamberigts, Professor of Church History and Theology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Samuel N.C. Lieu, Professor of Ancient History and Co-Director of the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
J. Rebecca Lyman, Garrett Professor of Church History Emerita at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA.
Antti Marjanen, Docent of New Testament Studies at the University of Helsinki.
Ralph W. Mathisen, Professor of History, Classics, and Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, IL.
Wendy Mayer, Research Associate in the Centre for Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University.
John A. McGuckin, Nielsen Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Christian History at Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Professor of Byzantine Christianity at Columbia University, New York.
Richard M. Price, Senior Lecturer in the History of Christianity at Heythrop College, University of London.
Andrew Radde-Gallwitz, Assistant Professor of Theology at Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
Eric Rebillard, Professor of Classics and History at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Michael J. Roberts, Robert Rich Professor of Latin at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
Jeanne-Nicole Saint-Laurent, Ph.D. candidate in Early Christianity at Brown University, Providence, RI.
Michele R. Salzman, Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside, CA.
Daniel Sheerin, Professor of Classics and Theology Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Stephen J. Shoemaker, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Columba Stewart, O.S.B., Professor of Theology at St. John's School of Theology-Seminary, Collegeville, MN.
William Tabbernee, President and Stephen J. England, Professor of the History of Christianity at Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, OK.
Karen Jo Torjesen, Margo L. Goldsmith Professor of Women's Studies and Dean of the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA.
Raymond Van Dam, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Lucas Van Rompay, Professor of Early Christianity at Duke University, Durham, NC.
Mark Vessey, Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Frances M. Young, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology Emerita at the University of Birmingham.

"These essays, as well as many others in the volume, provide the reader with a helpful orientation to the figure or issue under consideration, and all of the essays evidence a fairness and balance in presentation; where an issue is unsettled or controverted, the author signals such to the reader and indicates where she should turn to pursue the question." - Michael Heintz, Religious Studies Review

"This is not simply another multi-author volume on the first Christian centuries. It addresses itself to the task of bringing together a review of the approaches, assumptions and results of recent research in a growing range of interdisciplinary areas. It is for the most part technical and exact without being inaccessible to the interested beginner. This is an invaluable work of reference and full of meat." - G.R. Evans, Theology.

"Without doubt, this will become a major reference tool and a number of the chapters will find their way onto reading lists for classes studying early Christianity." - Paul Foster, Expository Times

"...this book is a treasure trove. The editors have assembled an impressive bench of contributors and they tackle a staggering array of subjects...This hefty and wonderful volume reminds us just how preposterous an unnecessarily adamantine view of Christianity is and ever war." - Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald

"This is a volume that goes far beyond the descriptive survey and contains much of interest for both the beginner and the old hand ... it should indeed stimulate further research" - F. Lucy Grig, Journal of Theological Studies

"In many ways the appearance of this volume is timelf ... It seems in general to reflect the wide-ranging and many-sided characters of its subject ...and does so with clarity and learning. Any student intent upon engaging in research on an aspect of the field of early Christian studies would do well to start here ... in the company of distinguished scholars in thoughtful mode." - James Carleton Paget, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

"The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies stems from the rich scholarly tradition of Oxford and features within a handbook series devoted to a plenitude of scientific topics and in which various domains of history, theology and religious sciences are already covered ... impressive volume ... a must for all beginners and a quick reference for specialists in the field." - A. Dupont, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses