The Early Christian World

This new edition fully reflects developments in our understanding of early Christianity and provides the reader with authoritative, lively and up-to-date access to the early Christian world. 25% of the material is entirely new, with chapters covering Christian culture; Jewish and Christian interaction; ritual; experience of the supernatural via angels, demons, miracles and magic; Manichaeism; Pachomius the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. The remaining essays have all been carefully revised and updated by their authors. This updated volume remains one of the most informative and accessible works in English on the origins, development, character and major figures of early Christianity.