OLLI Workshop: History of the Middle East
Leader: Theo Pavlidis (t.pavlidis@ieee.org)
Handout No. 3 - October 8, 2012
Topic of the Third Meeting: The Rise of Christianity
- Why Christianity Spread - Emperor Constantine - Imperial Christianity
- Consequences (Background in: http://www.theopavlidis.com/MidEast/part15.htm)
Bibliographical references: Gibbon [EG], Wright [Wr09],
and Eisenman and Wise [EW92] from main Bibliography. Also Lawrence H.
Schiffman, Who Was A Jew? Rabbinic and Halakhic Perspectives on the
Jewish-Christian Schism, Ktav Publishing House, 1985.
Visuals for Third Meeting
The Word for Messiah |
English |
Hebrew |
Greek |
Anointed |
משיח |
Χριστος |
(pronunciation) |
mashiakh |
Christos |
Back page: Back Page: Theodosian Decree of 380CE
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