Early Christian Historiography
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Christian Historiography
Christian World History
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church history analysis
Constantinian Legacy
Contra Paganos
De Civitate Dei
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divine justice narratives
Early Christian Historiography
early Christian retributive historiography
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eschatological interpretation
Historia Sacra
Historical Theodicy
history
justice
late antiquity
logic
Mark 1
Maximin Daia
Milvian Bridge
Misericordia Dei
Mixed Readership
monotheistic traditions
patristic theology
principles
retribution
retributive
Retributive Logic
Retributive Principles
Sera Pion
Sicca Veneria
Theodosius II
Tripartite Historians
Tyrannius Rufinus
Product details
- ISBN 9781138180932
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Dec 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First Published in 2014. This book describes the developing application of retributive principles in historical narratives before Christ. It assesses degrees of concern in the first history-writers of the world's most widespread monotheistic tradition to discern divine justice in human affairs.
G.W. Trompf is Professor of the History of Ideas, University of Sydney. He was formerly Professor of History at the University of Papua New Guinea. He is founding editor of the monograph series Studies in World Religions; Gnostica; and Sydney Studies in Religion; and he is Chairman of the Association of The Journal of Religious History. His other books include The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought and Melanesian Religion.
