Early Libyan Christianity : uncovering a North African tradition

1. Verfasser: Oden, Thomas C.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, 2011.
Umfang/Format: 332 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Africa
Kyrene
Libyen
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • A buried history awaiting discovery
  • Libya in biblical times
  • The Cyrene-Jerusalem link: early Christianity in Cyrene
  • The Cyrenaic core of early Christian leadership
  • Libyan voices in Christian history before Nicaea
  • Synesius of Cyrene
  • Five centuries of Christian presence in Cyrene
  • The early Christian presence in eastern Libya
  • Early Christian presence in Tripolitania
  • Why Libya?
  • Conclusion: the Libyan contribution to Christianity.