Tertullian: A Historical and Literary Study

By Timothy David Barnes and Timothy D. Barnes

Book Overview

Tertullian lived and wrote in Roman Carthage during the reigns of Septimus Severus (193-211) and his son Caracalla (211-217). His voluminous tracts and pamphlets reveal the atmosphere of early Christianity in an era of persecution. The author sets Tertullian's writings within a chronological and historical framework, then uses them to interpret Tertullian's intellectial development, his reaction to the society in which he lived, and his place in Latin literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198143621
• ISBN13: 9780198143628
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"