Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 28, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780415243698
First sentence: And Marcellus went to sleep for a short time; and when he awoke he said to Peter, "Peter, apostle of Christ, let us boldly set about our task.
Description: Looking at the neglexted issue of race and ethnicity brings new perspectives to the study of the ancient world; now, Gary L. Byron's exciting work is the first to classify and offer theoretical insights about the symbolic usages of Egyptians, Ethiopians and Blacks in Christian antiquity. --