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R. L. P. Milburn.
Early Christian Interpretations of History.
Published London: Adam and Charles Black, 1954.
Series: The Bampton Lectures of 1952.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: R. & R. Clark Ltd., Edinburgh.
Size: 140x214x17mm.
Page count: ix,221pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: covers slightly grubby with some scuffs and creases, a bit of wear at the edges and corners, some creasing on the spine; text appears to be free of marking.

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[Wipf & Stock edn. in print at $25.00]
Weight without packaging: 342g.

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Contents: The Historian’s task; Use of history in early apologetic — Clement of Rome to Irenaeus; Allegory & mystery — Origen; Straightforward chronicle — Eusebius; God’s judgement — Augustine, Orosius & Salvian; Treatment of history in early Christian art; Apocryphal stories; Fact & symbol.
Appendix: Historical background of doctrine of assumption.

Notes: main notes at end of book, notes for appendix given at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

See also | Historiography | Church history |
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