Journey to the Holy Land
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Brepols Library of Christian Sources, vol. 13
- Pages: approx. 185 p.
- Size:156 x 234 mm
- Language(s):English, Latin
- Publication Year:2025
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Tertullian’s plea to maintain the faith in the face of persecution and death.
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BIO
Thomas Heffernan is the Kenneth Curry Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emeritus at the University of Tennessee. His principal scholarly interest is the emergence of Christianity in Africa Proconsularis from the Scillitan Martyrs to Cyprian.
Summary
Tertullian converted to Christianity during a period of persecution. As a leader of this small embattled community, he was keenly aware that its continued existence depended on a collective solidarity and a way to minimize fear. His treatises To the Martyrs and On Flight in Times of Persecution are designed to strengthen the resolve of the community even when threatened with imprisonment and death. These are the first translations of these two important works in English in more than half a century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Tertullian: The Man and his Work
Jerome’s Tertullian
Identities
Christians in Carthage
The Metropolis
Social Class
Education
An Oral World
A New Language
Theological Language
Marriage and Children
Early Critics
Was Tertullian a Presbyter?
Ad Martyras / To the Martyrs
Text & Translation
Additional Notes
Commentary
De Fuga in Persecutione / On Flight in Persecution
Text & Translation
Additional Notes
Commentary
Bibliography
Ancient Authors and Medieval Authors
Modern Authors
General Index
