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• abortion; forbidden to christians
• accusation,against christians
• acilius glabrio possibly christian
• acropolis, athenian, christianity and
• acts of thomas, christian virtues
• adoption as master-metaphor in christian divine sonship, philosophical debates of
• adoption as master-metaphor in christian divine sonship, rejection of adoptionist christologies
• adversus nationes, persecution of the christians
• african christianity
• against the christians fronto
• age of christian maturity
• alexandria, christianity in
• ambrose of milan, songs and singing, christian suspicion of
• amme caracalla, his her? christian child
• ancient synagogue, greco-roman and christian literary sources
• andersen, hans christian
• annianus, egyptian christian
• anthony, christian monk
• anti-imperialism, of first-century christianity
• antioch, christian apostasy at
• antioch, christian beginnings
• antioch, tortures christians
• antoninus pius, spurious letter concerning christians
• antoninus pius; did not enforce laws against christians
• anxiety, of christians
• apocrypha non-canonical christian texts
• apollinaris of hierapolis, christian writer
• apollinaris; christian apologist
• apologetics christian
• apologetics, christian
• apologists christian, and jewish sacrifice
• apologists, christian
• appetite epithumia, natural or necessary among certain christians
• apuleius, and christianity
• arnobius, attacks christianity as a pagan
• arnobius, christian doctrine
• arnobius, christian worship
• arnobius, defends christian writers
• arnobius, proof of christianity
• art, early christian
• art, medieval christian, depiction of jews
• ascetic celibacy of christian women, tertullians views
• ascetic christianity, christian wife in justins narrative
• ascetic christianity, illicit sexual practices
• ascetic christianity, male homosexuality
• asceticism as feature of christian biography
• asceticism, christian encouragement
• asceticism, christian rejection
• ashkénazi, rabbi yehuda léon,attitude to christianity
• asia minor, christian worship
• asia minor, christianity in
• assent, distinguished assent in christians to thoughts, to their lingering, to the pleasure of their lingering, to action
• atheism, accusations against, christians
• augustine, on baptism as beginning of christian life
• augustine, on violence between jews and christians at calama
• authority,, christian sources, early, role of non-intellectual authority in
• avitus, support for persuasion as means of converting jews to christianity of
• babylonian rabbis, sages, avoidance of christians, biblereading heretics
• bauer, ferdinand christian
• beard, christians' beard
• biographical narrative, christian
• bird omens/symbolism in early christianity
• blessing, ; christian spectacles
• blindness, of jews, christian characterization of
• boethius, neoplatonizing christian, distress at memory of pleasure lost
• book of thomas the contender, catholic christianity
• brother, christians as
• cannibalism, accusations against early christians
• celibacy, differing views of christians and rabbis
• celsus, says christians are intellectually disreputable
• characterization in christian rhetoric of
• christ, christian, christianity
• christ/christianity
• christendom, see also christian world
• christian
• christian art
• christian asceticism
• christian asceticism, communal
• christian asceticism, home-based
• christian asceticism, incubation of martha
• christian clerics
• christian confession, hiding of
• christian contacts with jews
• christian cristianî”
• christian discourse and practices
• christian dogma
• christian homilies
• christian jew
• christian judaism
• christian literature
• christian literature, acts of paul and thekla
• christian message
• christian monastics
• christian myth
• christian myth, nascent christian, community, outlook of
• christian myth, pre-christian
• christian opposition to
• christian philosophers, trinitarianism of
• christian platonists
• christian quarters of rome
• christian rhetoric
• christian rhetorical strategies
• christian salvation
• christian supercessionism
• christian supercessionism, jewish responses to
• christian texts
• christian tradition and christian elements
• christian tradition of tearful prayer
• christian women
• christian, belief in charismatic gifts
• christian, christianity
• christian, community
• christian, conception of the spirit
• christian, consciousness
• christian, doctrine
• christian, early christian christianity
• christian, emperor
• christian, empire
• christian, exclusivism
• christian, first-century
• christian, identity
• christian, intellectuals
• christian, label
• christian, law
• christian, lawyers
• christian, letter
• christian, life
• christian, literature/authors
• christian, minorities
• christian, moral
• christian, political theory
• christian, polity
• christian, priests
• christian, regime
• christian, rejection of traditional cult
• christian, representation of god
• christian, responses to neoplatonists
• christian, theology
• christian, writers
• christian/christianity
• christianism
• christianity
• christianity = cristianismî”
• christianity = cristianismî”, christians, graeco-roman views of
• christianity and
• christianity and christian texts
• christianity and civic discourse
• christianity, and cultural psychology
• christianity, and diocletians bodyguard
• christianity, and gnosticism
• christianity, and greek/pagan religion, and judaism
• christianity, and phrygia
• christianity, approaches to poverty and charity
• christianity, apuleius
• christianity, as a new ‘race’
• christianity, brotherhood in
• christianity, christian
• christianity, christian, identity
• christianity, christians
• christianity, classes
• christianity, criticism of the temple
• christianity, culture
• christianity, early
• christianity, early egyptian
• christianity, early history
• christianity, early redistributive economy
• christianity, early roman
• christianity, early, and paganism, relationship in the fourth century ce
• christianity, early, attitudes to dialogue
• christianity, early, attitudes to symposium literature
• christianity, early, feasting practices
• christianity, early, relationship between early christian and jewish feasting and feasting literature
• christianity, economy of redemption in
• christianity, education
• christianity, family
• christianity, fictive kinship groups in
• christianity, financial support
• christianity, food
• christianity, geographic spread
• christianity, growth
• christianity, history of
• christianity, identity
• christianity, in acts
• christianity, in africa, and idea of rebirth
• christianity, in africa, and victory over fate
• christianity, in the provinces
• christianity, influence of judaism
• christianity, instruction
• christianity, issues of definition
• christianity, milk
• christianity, negative effects of
• christianity, nourishment
• christianity, number of christians
• christianity, openness to non-jews
• christianity, opponents of
• christianity, pauline
• christianity, philosophy
• christianity, popular antagonism to
• christianity, relation to judaism
• christianity, relationship to rome
• christianity, relationship to rome according to celsus
• christianity, renunciation of jewish law
• christianity, rome, city of
• christianity, royal priesthood theme
• christianity, secondcentury
• christianity, separation from judaism
• christianity, solid food
• christianity, summary of classical rhetoric and
• christianity, supersessionism in
• christianity, theological diversity
• christianity, triumph of
• christianity, true
• christianity, universal extension of
• christianity, unpopularity with contemporaries
• christianity, use of jewish scripture
• christianity, varronian
• christianity, weaning
• christianity, weight in palestine
• christianity/christians, and rabbinic thought
• christianization
• christians
• christians byzantines, copts, nubians, syrian orthodox
• christians, alleged to practice magic
• christians, as social/ethnic category
• christians, christianity
• christians, do not observe the law
• christians, early christian, anti-christian, christianity
• christians, gentile
• christians, gentile, in the jewish temple
• christians, gentile, jewish
• christians, have distinct congregations
• christians, interest in 2 macc
• christians, numbers of
• christians, on jews in rome
• christians, proselytize
• christians, rabbinic relationships with, evidence on disputations
• christians, rabbinic relationships with, historicity of portrayals
• christians, relation to hebrews
• christians, should rely on words
• christians, texts of
• christians, their beliefs
• christians, “godless,”
• christians/christianity
• christians/ity, and charity
• christians/ity, and christ/jesus
• christians/ity, and damnation
• christians/ity, and laughter
• christians/ity, and life everlasting
• christians/ity, and literacy
• christians/ity, and salvation
• christians/ity, and upper class women
• christians/ity, and widows
• christians/ity, as collegia/thiasoi
• christians/ity, as ‘atheists’
• christians/ity, bonding and bridging
• christians/ity, divides families
• christians/ity, egalitarianism
• christians/ity, family aspects
• christians/ity, interconnectedness
• christians/ity, love god
• christians/ity, miracles free
• christians/ity, names of
• christians/ity, paradise
• christians/ity, reading scriptures
• christians/ity, religious capital
• christians/ity, siblings
• christians/ity, social capital
• christians/ity, young
• clement of alexandria, christian writer
• climacus, christian ascetic, first movements as bad thoughts
• climacus, christian ascetic, some emotions natural
• clothing, signification of, in medieval christian art
• community, christian, reception of jesus identity
• compared to legislation pertaining to dissident christians
• conflagration ekpyrosis, in early christianity
• conflict, and popular responses to christianity
• consolation writings, christian consoling enjoins metriopatheia usually
• constantine, handling of christian dissent
• conversion to christianity of
• conversion, christian anxieties about the sincerity of
• conversion, christian desires for
• conversion, christian incentives offered for
• conversion, laws penalizing those who attacked jewish converts to christianity and
• conversion/proselytes, christian
• covenant, christian
• cross; christians make sign of
• crown, in christian art
• cult, christian refusal to participate in civic or pagan
• cult, of christian martyrs
• culture, ‘christian’
• cultus, christian
• cursing of christ and christians
• customs/traditions/practices as identity markers, among christians
• cyprian, attitudes to lapsed christians
• day of atonement ritual, in christian texts
• death penalty, christian writers
• death, impurity of in christian sources
• death, of christians
• demons, in the christian tradition
• demons, xii; take possession of christians
• dichotomies, jewish versus christian
• didascalia apostolorum, christian gatherings in
• diocletian, witnesses christians burning
• dissident christians, anthemios’s suppression of
• dissident christians, gratian’s “edict of toleration” and
• dissident christians, honorius’s suppression of
• dissident christians, illness and madness metaphors regarding
• dissident christians, justinian’s suppression of
• dissident christians, marcian’s law prohibiting public debate regarding
• dissident christians, second baptism and
• dissident christians, theodosios i’s targeting of
• distress thlipsis, christian
• divine power, christians can achieve
• divine presence, in pauline christianity
• divinity of jesus, jewish and christian debate on
• divorce, christian prohibition
• doctrine, christian
• dove as omen in early christianity
• dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, glory of the confessors
• dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, glory of the martyrs
• dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, on the powerful deeds of the bishop st. martin
• dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, gregory of tours, on the suffering and powerful deeds of the martyr st. julian
• dreams in late antique and medieval christian literature, zacharias scholasticus, life of severus
• early christian attitude toward
• early christian attitude toward, in origen’s commentary on canticles
• early christian intellectual life
• earthquake, kills many jews but few christians
• ecphrasis, in byzantine christianity
• edessa, early christianity
• education, christian
• education, christian origins and
• emissaries, christian use of
• emotional wellbeing, of christian devotees
• emperors, pre-constantinian christian attitude to
• enemy love as a christian proprium
• epictetus, on christians
• epicureanism, christians
• epigrams, christian
• epiphanius of salamis, christian bishop
• epistle of barnabas, within early christianity
• epistle to diognetus, and early christianity
• ethical education, gnosticism/gnostic christianity
• ethnic reasoning, in early christianity
• ethnicity, and christianity
• ethnos/ethne, christians as
• eusebius of caesarea, on christian history
• eusebius, christian historian
• eusebius, on christians as a restored hebrew ethnos
• eusebius, on mass murders of christians
• exempla and typology, christianity, typology, and the hebrew bible
• expulsion of christians from synagogues
• ezekiel, exagoge, and christian apologists
• false prophecy, in late antique christianity
• family, christians as
• figural readers, ancient christian
• formation of christian ethos
• formation of christian identity
• formation, christian
• galen., on christianity
• galilee, jewish and christian in the
• gamaliel vi, enslaved christians and
• gaul, christian presence in
• gender, study of, in early christian martyrdom narratives
• genealogy/generations, christian conversion and rejection of
• genos/gene/gens/genus, christians as
• gentile christians
• gentiles, in christian discourse
• gladiators; christians cannot cheer
• gluttony, natural or necessary among certain christians
• gnosticism, christianitys polemic against
• gnosticism/gnostic christianity
• gnostics and gnosticism, as christian intellectuals
• gods time, in christian late antiquity
• graves, jewish, desecration of by christians
• greco-roman culture, christian anxiety over adaptations of
• greeks, as critics of christianity
• greetings, christian
• gregory of nyssa, and christianity
• gregory the great, persuasion as means of converting jews to christianity supported by
• gregory the great, poverty among jewish converts to christianity and
• healing healers, jews forbidden to employ christian
• heaven, christian
• hebrew bible/old testament, christian typology of
• hellenization, christian
• heterodox christians ixf
• heterodox christians ixf, teachers
• hippolytus, and christian interpretation
• history, as christian history
• history, rewritten by christians
• hoi alloi, in ascetic christianity
• holiness, of christians
• honorius, jews’ holding of enslaved christians and
• hope, approved by christians
• hope, christian
• hope; christians united in bond of
• household, christian
• hymns, early christian
• identity as nation or people, in case of christianity
• identity construction, along violent jew/merciful christian binary
• identity, christian, and human diversity
• identity, christian, and jewish law
• identity, christian, frei on
• identity, christian, pauls concept of
• identity, roman christian
• ignatius, on christian factions
• imagery, christian missionary
• imperial ideology reading christian writings through lens of
• incest; christians charged with
• incest; christians do not practice
• incubation christian, miraculous cures obtainable sleeping away from church
• incubation christian, problem of defining christian incubation
• incubation christian, unintentional incubation
• infanticide; christians charged with
• infants, christians
• initiation, christian
• interpretation, christian
• irenaeus of lyons, on the rule of truth,, christian authors’ concepts of
• israel, community of, christian understanding of
• israel, used of christians
• jeffery, p., jewish scriptures, christians in
• jerusalem temple, christian churches compared to
• jerusalem, christians
• jerusalem, in christian thought
• jesus, christian vision of
• jesus, in jewish/christian dialogue
• jesus—see also christianity
• jew, in christian discourse
• jewish christianity, definition
• jewish christianity, early forms
• jewish christianity, literary productions
• jewish christianity, second century and beyond
• jewish christianity, separation from christianity
• jewish feasting and feasting literature see under see also under christianity, early, responses to the greco-roman symposium
• jewish law/legal schools, and christian writing
• jewish-christianity, jewish christians
• jews, attitude to christianity
• jews, contact with christians
• jews, knowledge of christian scriptures
• jews, violence of christians against
• jews/hebrews, and christians
• jews/judeans/ioudaioi, as compared with christians
• john chrysostom, denunciation of christian adoption of jewish practices
• joseph, used by christians
• judaism and christianity
• judaism and christianity, their relations
• judaism, as opposed to ‘christianity’
• judaism, christian criticism of
• judaism, christian identification with
• judaism, in christian greek empire
• judaism, relation to christianity
• judaism, relationship to christianity
• judaism, viewed as threat to christians
• judaizing christians
• justin martyr, categorization of, and christian identity
• justin martyr, jewish christians
• justin martyr, story of roman christian matron
• justin, christian apologist
• justin, christian writer
• justinian, roman law and orthodox christianity fused by
• kerygma, christian
• law, christian
• law, jewish, and christian identity
• law, late roman, attacks by jews on other jews who become christians prohibited by
• law, late roman, boundaries between jews and christians demarcated in
• law, late roman, marriage between jews and christians and
• law, late roman, pertaining to dissident christians and traditionalists, commonalities of in
• law, late roman, possession of enslaved christians by jews prohibited by
• law, late roman, purchase of enslaved christians by jews prohibited by
• leaders, christian
• legal traditions, christian
• legislation, rabbinic, versus christian/roman imperial thought
• letter of severus of minorca on the conversion of the jews, jewish violence against christians recounted in
• letter on the conversion of the jews, severus of minorca, social dynamics between jewish and christian communities
• life, christian/community
• life-writing and time, asceticism after conversion as feature of christian biography
• life-writing and time, hinge between classical biography and christian hagiography
• liturgical poetry, christian
• liturgy, christian
• living voice versus writing,, christians after papias on
• living voice versus writing,, definition of living voice, in classical/ early christian world
• living voice versus writing,, jews and christians before papias on
• logos, in christian writing
• love, christian
• luke, synagogue, synagogue liturgy vs. christianity, paganism
• lust, natural or necessary among certain christians
• maccabees, date of first veneration by christians
• magic christian, the
• magic, christian and jewish rituals as
• magic, christians alleged to practice
• magic, christians, accused of
• mark, christian liturgy
• marriage, between jews and christians
• martyr and martyrdom, x–xi, christian, x
• martyr martyrs, christian
• martyr, christian
• martyrdom, christian
• martyrdom, differing views of christians and rabbis
• martyrdom; christians give thanks for
• martyrologies, interest among christians
• martyrs and martyrdom, asceticism as feature of christian biography
• matrimony, christian and jew
• matrimony, christian obligation
• matrimony, christian vs. hellenistic
• matrimony, christianity
• matrona, christian
• matter ὕλη, early christians on
• maximus, confessor, christian
• maximus, confessor, christian, his preferred definition of will is a definition of stoic oikeiōsis
• meals, christian
• meaning, christian tradition of
• menstruants/niddah, in early christianity
• minim stories, in the babylonian talmud, as a response to christian writings
• minim, christians
• minim, not always christians in rashi
• minorcan jewish women, artemisia, conversion to christianity
• minorcan jewish women, innocentiuss widowed sister-in-law, conversion to christianity
• minorcan jewish women, theodoruss wife, conversion to christianity
• minority, christian
• minucius felix, christian apologist
• miracle, christian miracle
• miracles, christian
• mission, christian mission
• missionary activities, christian
• missionary religions, christianity as making institutional efforts at expansion
• missionary, traveling christian
• montanist-novatianist christianity
• morality, christian
• morality, early christian
• moses, as christian reader
• multiplicity and multiformity within, christian
• music, early christian
• music; early christian
• mysteries, christian ‘mysteries’
• mystery cults, possible christian influence on
• mystery religions, high-water mark of piety of, influence on christian ideas
• mythic origins as identity marker, of christians
• nations of the world, christians
• negotiation, christian art and
• negotiation, of christians
• nero persecution of christians
• new testament—see also, christianity
• non-gnostic christians
• nonnus, dionysiaca, christian context of
• north african christianity
• nourishment/nurturance, christianity
• novelty, viii-ix, christian embrace of, viii-ix
• old testament, christian reading of
• oracles, predict the end of christianity
• oral-traditional authority,, use in early christian sources
• orthodoxy, in judaism, in christianity
• paideia, vs. christian teaching
• palestinian rabbis, sages, contact with minim, christians, bible-reading heretics
• paradox in early christian self-definition
• paradox, in christianity
• parting of the ways between judaism and christianity
• passover, as a tupos of christianity
• passover, christian
• pastoral care, of christian communities
• patronage, among christians
• persecution of early christians
• persecution, of christians
• persecutions, of christians
• persecutions, of christians, 2nd and 3rd edicts
• persecutions, of christians, 4th edict
• persecutions, of christians, arnobius alludes to
• persecutions, of christians, beginning of great persecution
• persecutions, of christians, diocletians imperial conference about
• persecutions, of christians, intellectual background to
• persia, persian empire, christian centers in
• persian empire, early christianity
• peter, christian apostle, attacked by pagans
• pharisaic-rabbinic connection, in early christian literature
• pharisees, in christian literature
• philistines, philosophy, christianity as
• philosophical opposition to christianity
• philosophical opposition to christianity, hostile environment
• philosophical opposition to christianity, overview
• philosophy/philosophical schools, christian groups rejecting
• pisidia, christians, philippi
• pisidia, christians, rome
• pisidia, christians, sermons
• pisidia, christians, thessalonica
• platonism, christian
• platonism/platonic philosophy, christian platonism
• pneumatology, early christian
• pneumatology,, early christian
• poetry, christian
• polemic between christian groups
• polemics, jews and christians
• polemics, of palestinian rabbis against christians
• politics, public versus private christian practice
• polity, christian
• polity, christian political theory
• polycarp, christian martyr
• popular responses to christianity
• popular responses to christianity, charges of incest
• popular responses to christianity, charges of practising magic
• popular responses to christianity, christians as antisocial
• popular responses to christianity, economic motivations
• popular responses to christianity, in the later new testament
• porphyry, christians are ignorant
• porphyry, opponent of christianity, anti-christian propaganda
• porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, ad marcellam
• porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, contra christianos
• porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, historical criticism
• porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, literary method
• porphyry, predicts the demise of christianity, rejects incarnation
• post-nicene christianity
• poverty, differing views of christians and rabbis
• prayer, christian
• preaching, christian
• predestination προόρισις, christians on
• priests, christian
• private versus public christian practice
• prophecies of christianity
• prophecies, ancient christian interpretation of
• prophecy, early christian
• prophetic or revelatory authority,, use of, in early christian sources
• prophetic, christian
• prophets, christian
• proselytizing, proselytism, by christians
• prudentius, private versus public christian practice and
• public versus private christian practice
• qumran-essene hypothesis, christian formulation of
• race, christians as
• ravenna, christian art
• reader engagement, with christian ecphrasis
• reality, christian view of
• rejected by christians
• religion christian, saints sought as alternative to physicians
• religion, christianity
• religion; christian
• resistance, of christians
• resurrection, meaning for christian community
• ritual, christian
• roman christians
• roman empire, christianization of
• roman law, incompatible with christian law
• roman legal prosecution, of christians
• romans, letter to, early christianity and
• rome ancient, christian burial sites
• rome, christian beginnings
• rome, christianization
• rome/romans, and christians
• sabbath, christians
• sacrifice and sacrificial feasting, christian attitudes to sacrificial meat
• sacrifice, animal, in christianity, lack of v
• sacrifice, animal, in christianity, to the christian god or to saints
• samaritans, forced conversions to christianity and
• samaritans, incentives for conversion to christianity and
• sandals, in early christian literature
• schools, christian
• scorn gods, ; have false opinions of christian god
• scriptores historiae augustae, and christianity
• scripture, christian interpretations of
• scripture, christian, christian use of
• scripture, christian, development of canon
• scripture, christian, ethiopian canon
• scripture, christian, importance in life of faithful
• scripture, christian, justin martyr
• scripture, christian, syrian canon
• scripture, xii; as the literature of christians
• sex, as disgusting, in judaism and christianity
• sexual relations christians on pagan conceptions of
• sexual relations in first-century christian sources
• sexual relations in second- and third-century christian sources
• sexuality, early christian discourses on
• sin; christians fall away through
• sinai desert, christian attitudes to
• sirens; negative metaphor for christians
• slavonic josephus, christian additions
• socrates christian
• soldier; metaphor for christian
• solon, songs and singing, christian suspicion of
• song of songs, christian reception of
• song of songs, christian supercessionism and
• soteria in christianity
• soteria in christianity, and sin
• soteria in christianity, jewish precedent for
• soteria in christianity, related terms to
• soteria in greek antiquity, christian uses, continuities with
• soteria in greek antiquity, christian uses, different from
• sourvinou-inwood, christiane
• specific christian intellectuals, authority in
• specific christian intellectuals, living voice versus writing in
• spirit, early christianity
• stoning, of christians on minorca, by jewish women
• stoning, of jews who became christians, by other jews
• sun; thought to be the christian god
• sunday; christians devote to joy
• supersessionism, christian
• supersessionism, in christianity
• synagogues, influence of christian architecture
• syria, beginnings of christianity
• tacitus, on christians
• tatian and celsus,, education of christians and
• tatian and celsus,, philosophical history and christian deviance, celsus on
• tatian, christian apologist
• teachers, christian
• teaching/tutoring, christian
• temple jewish in jerusalem, christians and the
• temporality, christian
• tertullian, christian apologist
• tertullian, christian writer, comparison with paul
• tertullian, on christians as pisciculi
• testaments of the xii patriarchs, christian references
• theodoret, christian, some emotion necessary and useful
• theodosios ii, laws against dissenting christian sects and
• theology, apophatic, christian
• theology, christian
• theology, christian, baptism
• theology, christian, beginnings
• theology, christian, christology
• theology, christian, euangelion good tiding
• theology, christian, heavenly treasures
• theology, christian, holy spirit
• theology, christian, incarnation
• theology, christian, rejection of israel
• theology, christian, sin
• thessalonika, christian civic pride
• thundering legion; story christianized
• tiberius; contemporary with rise of christianity
• tradition, christian
• trajan, about a gymnasium for nicaea, on the treatment of christians
• trajan; rescript on christians
• translation, of christian sources
• transmigration μετενσωμάτωσις, rejected by christians
• transmission of christian traditions into
• traulsen, christian
• travel, christian reasons for travel
• trial; as christian warfare
• trials, of christians
• tribulation, of christians
• universalism, christian
• universalism, hellenic, versus christian exclusivism
• valentinians/valentinus, and christians
• values/character as identity marker, of christians
• vespasian; did not enforce laws against christians
• villa christianity
• virgins in christianity
• waiting, christian transformation of
• women, christian celibates and ascetics
• women, christianity
• women, importance in early christianity
• women, interest in christianity
• worship, early christian
• worship/ritual/cult as identity markers, for christians
• yaakov, term applied to minim, christians
• ף metaphor for christian victory