|
|
Article: Early-Christian Epitaphs from Anatolia
- Article from:
- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Catholic Biblical Association of America Oct 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
GARY J. JOHNSON, Early-Christian Epitaphs from Anatolia (SBLTT 35; Early Christian Literature Series 8; Atlanta: Scholars, 1995). Pp. xiv + 161. $39.95.
The texts which Dr. Johnson has collected are from central Anatolia, chiefly Phrygia and Bithynia, in the period 250-350 C.E. He divides his book into four chapters: first, Anatolian non-Christian epitaphs (twenty-four representative inscriptions), second, a sample of Christian epitaphs (twenty inscriptions), third, Christian social status and occupations reflected in epigraphic evidence (eighteen inscriptions), and fourth, what the texts have to say about Christianity as a religion (a final group of nineteen inscriptions). Fascinating ...