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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press; 1st edition (April 14, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0674967585
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674967588
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsAnother important book by one of the greatest of living historians
By Michael Steinberg on May 29, 2015
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All you really need to know is that Peter Brown has a new book out. He's one of the few living historians whom the term magisterial suits, and this new book is up to his awesomely high standards, a few editorial laspses aside. Nobody else illuminates the passages from antiquity to the middle ages so brilliantly, nobody else seems to grasp the deep strangeness of the high antique, and nobody else brings this period to life so vividly and with such a sense of the currents through which those transformations continue to shape our lives. And he writes beautifully too.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Master speaks
By Tim Johnson on March 28, 2016
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I have read the comments about this brilliant book and in terms of their regard for this doyenne of late Roman history as it leads into early medieval history with particular emphasis on Christianity, his books and lectures are the “go-to” areas for anyone wishing to probe deeper into the subject. If you use the Kindle format that I used for my reading you will encounter Brown’s very short synopsis of the themes that he will cover in the forthcoming sections. He will elaborate at length on these themes. By the end of this book you will be an expert on very late Roman Christian history as well as that history morphs gently into very early medieval Christian history. It is a challenging yet smooth sail: your captain knows these waters exceptionally well.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Very Different View of the Afterlilfe
By Paul A. Byrnes on August 9, 2016
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This was for me an enlightening look at how Christians of the Latin world between 250 and 650 viewed the afterlife. The author shows the part donations for prayers for the dead played in the attitude of the faithful. I thought the book might give me some insight into the development of the idea of purgatory, but that comes a little later than 650.
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4.0 out of 5 starsthe Ransom of the Soul is written very well and full of useful footnotes. Brown's analysis of Julian of Toledo was ...
By Steven Robert Shisley on February 26, 2016
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This book by Peter Brown explores the way wealth influenced early Christian beliefs about the afterlife. As is usually the case with Brown's books, the Ransom of the Soul is written very well and full of useful footnotes. Brown's analysis of Julian of Toledo was really interesting. This book is not as exhaustively researched like Brown's other books, but still the Ransom of the Soul is an interesting analysis of the afterlife and wealth.
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5.0 out of 5 starsEarly Christianity made easy
By Matthew P. Binkewicz on January 23, 2016
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Peter Brown performs at his peak in this work. Early Christianity offers great insights into our modern understanding of death, dying, and the after life. Peter weaves historical documents and modern narrative into an easy read. Axios! Axios! Axios!
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5.0 out of 5 starsIf Peter Brown writes it, read it!
By unsworthyeti on July 11, 2016
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Peter Brown is always magnificent.
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