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Arator On The Acts Of The Apostles

A Baptismal Commentary

by Hillier Richard

  • Hardback
  • 236 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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For theologians and scholars of early Christianity

Explains baptismal themes in the Acts of the Apostles

You will gain deeper insights into baptism's symbolism

This insightful commentary illuminates the significance of baptism in the Acts of the Apostles.

Baptism for the early Christians was a subject of crucial importance, and its symbolism fired the imagination of writers throughout the Christian world. Arator, the Roman sub-deacon who wrote a verse-commentary on the Acts of the Apostles in AD 544, was no exception. The Historia Apostolica is a work of historical importance. Written at a time of crisis, politically and theologically, it is of interest as propaganda for a papacy under threat from Constantinople. But Arator's concentration on baptismal themes offers vital evidence of the transmission of exegetical ideas in late antiquity. This book is the first major work on Arator in English and the first ever to study the Historia Apostolica as biblical commentary. Passages of particular baptismal importance are presented both in the original Latin and in a new translation, and considered in the context of the writings of earlier Christian commentators. In short, this is a wide-ranging study of the popularity and potency of baptismal symbolism in the first six centuries AD.

  • Title

    Arator On The Acts Of The Apostles

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    May 1993

  • Weight

    450g

  • Page Count

    236

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198147862

  • ISBN-10

    0198147864

  • Eden Code

    1111715

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