Marriage in the Early Church

By David G. Hunter

Book Overview

Recent attention to early Christian attitudes toward the body and gender has focused on asceticism and renunciation. This volume collects newly translated texts on marriage and sexuality. Spanning the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157910827X
• ISBN13: 9781579108274
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Good introduction

I read this book as a part of a small group study on marriage in the early church (surprise!). It was a good introduction to some of the history of the early church, and the primary sources seemed to show a good variety of thought as well as being good examples of the current issues the Church was dealing with at the time. It's not a history book, so don't be decieved. It's largely primary texts with a good introduction in the beginning. It would be a good adjunct to a larger study of Christian marriage and/or Church history.