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The World's Oldest Church

Hardcover • 2016 • English

The World's Oldest Church

By Michael Peppard

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About the book

Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions of death and resurrection. Rather, he portrays the motifs of the church's wall paintings as those of empowerment, healing, marriage, and incarnation, while boldly reidentifying the figure of a woman fo...Show more

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9780300213997

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The World's Oldest Church

Format

Hardcover

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