Ralph Martin Novak holds a Masters Degree in Roman History from the University of Chicago.
"This work would be a fine choice for an introductory course on the
history of early Christianity especially when used in tandem with a
collection of texts that focus on theological and liturgical
developments (e.g., M. Wiles and M. Santer, Documents in Early
Christian Thought, 1975)." -- C. Thomas McCollough, Centre College,
Religious Studies Review Volume 28 Number 2 / April 2002
*Blurb from reviewer*
"An excellent collection of sources for use in courses on the
history of early Christianity down to the mid-fifth century. In
addition to the balanced and judicious choice of texts, Novak has
written an informative historical narrative that will enable
students to better understand each original text."--David Dungan,
Distinguished Professor-Humanities, University of Tennessee
*Blurb from reviewer*
"Ralph Martin Novak's sourcebook of background texts on
Christianity and the Roman Empire offers the reader a wealth of
primary source readings in the first four centuries of
Christianity. The straightforward ongoing narrative of events ties
together the various readings. This is an excellent exercise in
historical reading that will inform and inspire any one interested
in early Christianity set amid its sociopolitical
environment."--Thomas C. Oden, Henry Anson Buttz Professor, Drew
University, Madison, NJ
*Blurb from reviewer*
"The book has a marvelous cast, even leaving aside the religious
figures....Novak's profusely documented work helps place their
military and diplomatic attainments within th ebroader political
and cultural framework of the Roman world....[A] worthwhile read
for anyone with an interest in the history of the Roman Empire."
StrategyPage.com A.A. Nofi, SSG
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"Primary sources for the history of the first four centuries of
Christianity within the context of the Roman world are difficult to
find, widely scattered, and general unknown outside of a
specialized cadre of scholarship. Now Ralph Novak interweaves these
primary sources with a narrative text in Christianity and The Roman
Empire: Background Texts that provides the reader with a single,
continuous account of these crucial first centuries of
Christianity's development. Through the use of primary sources,
Novak shows how the government and people of Rome perceived the
treatment of Christians within the empire, as well as the manner in
which Christians established their political and religious
dominance after Constantine the Great came to power. Christianity
and The Roman Empire is a superbly researched, written and
presented contribution to the study of early Christian history
during the first four centuries of the Common Era." -- Thomas G.
Whelan, reviewing for Internet Book Watch, May 2001
*Midwest Book Review, The*
"As a result, this text is a remarkable combination: it is both an
excellent sourcebook and a good introductory survey of early
Christianity in its Roman political and socioeconomic context.
Christianity and the Roman Empire: Background Texts is an excellent
resource for undergraduates, seminarians, and others who want both
an introductory survey and a sourcebook for the study of early
Christianity."--John B. Faulkenberry Miller, Princeton Theological
Seminary, Review of Biblical Literature, 4/23/2002
*Review of Biblical Literature*
"Novak's excellent book grew out of his own teaching of many adult
classes and forums in Christian communities. This excellent,
well-organized work brings the reader into the presence of many of
the texts that help us discern the relationship of the earliest
believers to the Roman world in which man of them lived."--Sarah
Henrich, Luther Seminary,St. Paul Minnesota, Fall 2001, Word and
World.
*Word and World*
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