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Pros
Fox digs up the dirt so to speak on the most pius of institutions. The appearance of the first christian emperor (constantine) in 340a. There is much to recommend in fox's exegesis of the rise of the early church.
The first 250-odd pages go into tremendous detail of what it meant to be a practicing pagan in the greco-roman world. We are treated to topics such as oracles, the prominent sites of paganism with good maps.
This is a book on the general evolution and involution of that aspect of culture we call religion in a very broad sense. A very large chapter on the christian view of *, marriage or celibacy.
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Fox appears in capable of attaining coherence within a single paragraph, much less an entire chapter. However, this book reads like it is a first draft. It reads like a stream of conscience novel, and his paragraphs shift focus and theme without alert... Read More
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I chose this rating for the reason there are extended footnotes that help navigate to other books
Authority fear your bishop as a king honour him as a godbishops were nominated for life an aberrance for the pagans
Packaging/appearance
If the reader can read his followup volume 34unauthorized version truth and fiction in the bible34
Competitiveness
The first 250odd pages go into tremendous detail of what it meant to 34be a practicing pagan34 in the grecoroman world
It does not describe an active competition between christians and pagans as much as how both groups coexist within changing bel... Read More
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christian, first, early, pagan and religious. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 46 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 11 2023.
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I would like to leave my second review about the book i have bought
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As the book was used one and i have informed gem book about this issue the gem book instantly issued a full refund including shipping costs
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I will state right off this is not an easy read
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None of oxford don robin lane foxs books are
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Not because they arent well written all the ones ive read four are finely crafted works but they are crammed full of detail
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Instead he knits them together into a seamless narrative creating a stunningly clear portrait of religious life in the roman empire from the 2nd to the 4th centuries
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Paganism worked because everybody believed in it even the barbarians
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Within two weeks of their removal several tribes poured through that pass into the empire
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