Romans + Christianity

[sicarii sam]

I was first introduced to it in college in my early christianity class. I devoured it the first time and the second, I took it more slowly.

Frend has amazing footnotes and bibliographies that can literally envelope you for the rest of your life. that book is a masterpiece of a lifetime of scholarship on early christianity.

No person interested in early christianity and rome should be without it as a reference tool. Where he cuts short on a subject he provides many alternative readings to further pursue a subject.

One thing that comes out in the book is the complete variety and myriads of early christianity and how it finally came into a cohesive movement. How this is achieved is a source of contention among alot of christians interested in doctrine, especially relating to the doctrine of trinity, gnosticism and modalism. Cant say enough good things about it. have fun !!!!!!