'The Gods of the Nations are idols' (Ps. 96:5) : paganism and idolatry in Near Eastern Christianity

This thesis will explore the presentation in Christian literature of gentile religious life in the Roman Near East in the first few centuries AD. It will do so by performing a close study of three sources – the Syriac Oration of Meliton the Philosopher, the Syriac translation of the Apology of Arist...

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Main Author: Nichols, Sebastian Toby
Published: Durham University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.614396