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Everett Ferguson received S.T.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, where he was Honorary John Harvard Fellow. He has taught most of his career at Abilene Christian University, where he has twice been honored in his college as Teacher of the Year. Everett Ferguson has been president of the North American Patristic Society, served on the Council of the American Society of Church History, and is now on the Council of the Association Internationale d'ftudes Patristiques. His books include Backgrounds of Early Christianity, 2nd ed. (1993), EarlyChristians Speak, rev. ed. (1987), and (with A.J. Malherbe) Gregory of Nyssa: Life of Moses(1378). He was founding editor of The Second Century, co-editor of Journal of Early Christian Studies, and general editor of Garland's 18-volume Studies in Early Christianity(1993).
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studies in North America. It is also testimony to the perceptive
editing and revising skills of Everett Ferguson and his associate
editors, Michael McHugh and Frederick Norris." -- The Catholic
Historical Review
"[I]ndispensable for the scholar for its concise and accurate
information as well as the basic and updated bibliography for every
entry. We commend the editor, contributors and publisher for this
major achievement and valuable reference on the early Church." --
Coptic Church Review
"...provides a useful orientation to the major topics, the
scholarly issues, and the literature through which to begin
exploring an important but complex set of places, times, and
people." -- Church History
"Remarkably successful in its aim to be comprehensive...This
substantive reference work will continue to appeal to general
readers and students as well as specialists. Highly recommended."
-- Library Journal
"Information is presented thoroughly but in a way that enables it
to be understood by nonexperts...Recommended especially for
libraries serving graduate and undergraduate students of early
Christianity and for other libraries needing a good, up-to-date
reference work on this subject." -- Choice
"The second edition of Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, like the
first, will be useful for general readers, students and
scholars-the clientele of large public, academic, and theological
libraries." -- Reference Books Bulletin
"This extensively augmented new edition will ensure its rapid
inclusion in libraries supporting serious study of
antiquity...lavishly produced." -- Religious Studies Review
"The strength of the work is in the clear and concise writing of
the articles...a valuable resource that will certainly be a
standard reference source for years to come. I highly recommend
this work." -- The Master's Seminary Journal
"One of the top reference works on the subject, demand that your
local library purchase a copy." -- Christian History
"I highly recommend this excellent tool. It is a must have,
indispensable for libraries, large and small. Truly a starting
point for the study of the Early Church Fathers. It will be the
centerpiece for any study of early Christianity. It is my top
choice for most scholarly and valuable resource so far this year.
Again, my highest recommendation!" -- Critical Review
"This is nothing short of a remarkable achievement. An excellent
set which should be a 'must' reference in any religious school's
library." -- The Bookwatch
"Information is presented thoroughly but in a way that enables it
to be understood by nonexperts. Recommended especially for
libraries serving graduate and undergraduate students of early
Christianity and for other libraries needing a good, up-to-date
reference work on this subject." -- Choice
"[H]ighly recommended." -- ARBA 98
"...concise and reliable information. Highly recommended as a
core title in all personal and professional Christian historical
studies collections." -- The Midwest Book Review
"It is a testimony to the vitality and breadth of early Christian
studies in North America. It is also testimony to the perceptive
editing and revising skills of Everett Ferguson and his associate
editors, Michael McHugh and Frederick Norris." -- The Catholic
Historical Review
"[I]ndispensable for the scholar for its concise and accurate
information as well as the basic and updated bibliography for every
entry. We commend the editor, contributors and publisher for this
major achievement and valuable reference on the early Church." --
Coptic Church Review
"...provides a useful orientation to the major topics, the
scholarly issues, and the literature through which to begin
exploring an important but complex set of places, times, and
people." -- Church History
"Remarkably successful in its aim to be comprehensive...This
substantive reference work will continue to appeal to general
readers and students as well as specialists. Highly recommended."
-- Library Journal
"Information is presented thoroughly but in a way that enables it
to be understood by nonexperts...Recommended especially for
libraries serving graduate and undergraduate students of early
Christianity and for other libraries needing a good, up-to-date
reference work on this subject." -- Choice
"The second edition of Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, like the
first, will be useful for general readers, students and
scholars-the clientele of large public, academic, and theological
libraries." -- Reference Books Bulletin
"This extensively augmented new edition will ensure its rapid
inclusion in libraries supporting serious study of
antiquity...lavishly produced." -- Religious Studies Review
"The strength of the work is in the clear and concise writing of
the articles...a valuable resource that will certainly be a
standard reference source for years to come. I highly recommend
this work." -- The Master's Seminary Journal
"One of the top reference works on the subject, demand that your
local library purchase a copy." -- Christian History
"I highly recommend this excellent tool. It is a must have,
indispensable for libraries, large and small. Truly a starting
point for the study of the Early Church Fathers. It will be the
centerpiece for any study of early Christianity. It is my top
choice for most scholarly and valuable resource so far this year.
Again, my highest recommendation!" -- Critical Review
"This is nothing short of a remarkable achievement. An excellent
set which should be a 'must' reference in any religious school's
library." -- The Bookwatch
"Information is presented thoroughly but in a way that enables it
to be understood by nonexperts. Recommended especially for
libraries serving graduate and undergraduate students of early
Christianity and for other libraries needing a good, up-to-date
reference work on this subject." -- Choice
"[H]ighly recommended." -- ARBA 98
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