Rethinking Images in the Septuagint and Greek Traditions: Eídōlon, Eikōn, and Homoíōma by Anna Angelini

“…By addressing the issue of the relationship between the vocabulary of images and the vocabulary of idols, (1) it deconstructs some oppositions inherited from early Christian interpretations of biblical passages (especially regarding Genesis 1). …”
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Baptism and the interpretation of early Quistian art by H. F. Stander

“…The aim of this article is to stress the necessity of interpreting early Christian art in its context and with due respect to its deep structure or primary notion. …”
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Paranetiese deparabolisering van paroesie-gelykenisse by die Sinoptici en die Openbaring aan Johannes by J. A. du Rand

“…<strong>Paraenetic deparabolization of parousia parables in the Synoptics and the Revelation of John</strong><br /> The relevance of the contributions made by the early Christian prophets to the traditions of the Jesus-logia is at stake. …”
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Wprowadzenie: teologia jako krytyka by Mikołaj Ratajczak, Rafał Zawisza

“…It contains contextual explanation of the theoretical field projected by the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, namely a critique of the economic theology elaborated on the basis of early Christian theological debates concerning the concept of divine “oikonomia”. …”
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Chrześcijańskie widowiska zastępcze w propozycji Ojców Kościoła by Stanisław Longosz

“…The author of the article selects and presents five early Christian writers – Tertullian, Novatian, St. John Chrysostom, St. …”
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“Spiritual Gymnastics”: Reflections on Michel Foucault’s On the Government of the Living 1980 Collège de France lectures by Jeremy Carrette

“…While acknowledging that Foucault picks up the important shift towards external ritual performance of early Christian life, the review questions Foucault’s lack of appreciation of the notion of “sacramentum,” which informs the central interpretative framework of “truth acts.” …”
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A ritualistic reading of Mark 7:1–23 by Mphumezi Hombana

“…This article examines the ritual dynamics and identity negotiation in Mark 7:1–23, aiming to unpack the complex interaction between ritual practices and social identity in early Christian communities. Drawing on ritual theory from anthropology and sociology, this research analyses the significance of ritual purity and its implications for group identity formation and maintenance. …”
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The Achaean Federal Imperial Cult II: The Corinthian Church by Bruce W. Winter

“…This paper seeks to examine the Argive evidence in order to see what information it might yield to help in our understanding of the early Christian community. In particular it will explore the problem of the imperial cult and 1 Corinthians 8 and comment briefly on Roman Corinth’s cultural and legal mores.…”
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Show, tell and re-enact: The reason why the earliest followers of Jesus found the Eucharist meaningful by Jonanda Groenewald

“…In the end, this approach might assist us to gain a deeper understanding of this ‘early Christian’ rite, which, in turn, could help us to comprehend what kind of value the Eucharist could add to our lives today.…”
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Closure and Penetration: Reflections on the Pola Casket by Jaś Elsner

“…In this paper, I examine one of the great surviving objects of early Christian art and conduct a conceptual archaeology of its visual and iconographic sources. …”
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Closure and penetration: reflections on the Pola Casket by Elsner, J

“…In this paper, I examine one of the great surviving objects of early Christian art and conduct a conceptual archaeology of its visual and iconographic sources. …”

The risen Jesus by Bockmuehl, M

“…The resurrection of Jesus, pivotal to Christian history and praxis, is universally attested in early Christian sources, even if often critiqued or sidelined as myth or apologetics in modern scholarship. …”

Messianic Hermeneutics of the Scriptures among the First Disciples of Jesus by Santiago Guijarro

“…The early Christians frequently used the Hebrew Scriptures to understand, enlighten and explain their own experiences of faith and the events on which such experiences were based. …”
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Die lyf: fasette van die erotiese en seksuele in die Romeinse Ryk by PJJ Botha

“…In the final section the shift in views about the body among the early Christians, is specified.…”
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Widows in the Hispano-Roman - Suevic/ Visigothic Councils of Hispania by Alberto Ferreiro

“…One era that has been marginalized is widows in sources from late antique Roman and Suevic-Visigothic Hispania. Early Christian writers are noted for background only, the focus here are the conciliar texts dating from the fourth through seventh centuries. …”
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Die Erschaffung der Tiere (Gen 1,20‒25) in der Interpretation von Origenes und Augustinus by Agnethe Siquans

“…Early Christian scriptural interpretations are answers to various enquiries concerning the Bible. …”
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Entscheidende Situationen - entscheidende Kriterien. Fallbeispiele aus neutestamentlicher Zeit als Orientierungshilfen für die Gegenwart by Martin Stowasser

“…To this end, four situations of conflict in Early Christian communities are showcased. These are: Paul’s struggle for a universal horizon of Christianity leaving behind Jewish Law; the loss of plausibility in 2 Peter of the parousia of Jesus Christ;  the process of enculturation traced in 1 Peter; and the conflict between orthodoxy and orthopraxis in 1 Cor regarding the private consumation of meat sacrificed in pagan temples.…”
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Découverte de la statue d’une divinité antique remployée dans le baptistère de Brioude (Haute-Loire) : une représentation de Cernunnos ? by Fabrice Gauthier

“…This identification enables us to see the origins of the early christian sanctuary in a new light.…”
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Reconsidering the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama: Towards a Meth-od for the Study of Free Speech in the Thought of Augustine by Pablo Irizar

“… By applying tools of the history of emotions to study the Vita Augustini by Possidius of Calama—a friend, episcopal colleague, and the first biographer of Augustine of Hippo—the present article analyzes parrhesia or fearless speech as an exercise in the regulation of fear, of which authentic martyrdom is the ideal expression in early Christian North Africa. The study accentuates the centrality of parrhesia in Augustine’s life and reflection and challenges current scholarly assumptions about the parameters of parrhesia as a social construct and about the nature of its Christianizing transformations in late Antiquity. …”
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Responding to Refugees in Australia: What is the Christian Response? by Tim Costello, Nils von Kalm

“…We can learn from the experience of the Hebrew refugees leaving Egypt and the inclusive nature of the early Christian Church. In the Australian context, this article explores the historical and current attitudes towards asylum seekers and calls for a faith-led movement to stand shoulder to shoulder with those who are demonised and dehumanised.…”
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