Early Libyan Christianity : uncovering a North African tradition /
Oden, Thomas C.
Early Libyan Christianity : uncovering a North African tradition / Thomas C. Oden. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2011. - 332 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-322) and indexes.
A buried history awaiting discovery -- Libya in biblical times -- The Cyrene-Jerusalem link: early Christianity in Cyrene -- The Cyrenaic core of early Christian leadership -- Libyan voices in Christian history before Nicaea -- Synesius of Cyrene -- Five centuries of Christian presence in Cyrene -- The early Christian presence in eastern Libya -- Early Christian presence in Tripolitania -- Why Libya? -- Conclusion: the Libyan contribution to Christianity.
9780830839438 (pbk.)
2011023113
Libya--Church history.
BR190 / .O35 2011
AFR 276.1201 Ode 2011
Early Libyan Christianity : uncovering a North African tradition / Thomas C. Oden. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2011. - 332 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-322) and indexes.
A buried history awaiting discovery -- Libya in biblical times -- The Cyrene-Jerusalem link: early Christianity in Cyrene -- The Cyrenaic core of early Christian leadership -- Libyan voices in Christian history before Nicaea -- Synesius of Cyrene -- Five centuries of Christian presence in Cyrene -- The early Christian presence in eastern Libya -- Early Christian presence in Tripolitania -- Why Libya? -- Conclusion: the Libyan contribution to Christianity.
9780830839438 (pbk.)
2011023113
Libya--Church history.
BR190 / .O35 2011
AFR 276.1201 Ode 2011