Peter Brown’s and Larry Hurtado’s writings are both argumentative pieces on specific aspects of Christianity. With the exception of this similarity, their writings contain many distinct differences. In The World of Late Antiquity, Brown asserts that the spread of Christianity was Continue reading
While reading both The Conversion of Christianity, 300-363 by Peter Brown and Larry Hurtado’s The Earliest Christian Artifacts side by side, it is easy to see how both writers have very similar topics however each piece takes a different route to how Continue reading
In reading the chapter “The Conversion of Christianity” from The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown and “The Early Christian Preference for the Codex” from The Earliest Christian Artifacts by Larry Hurtado, we experience two very different opinions and points of view concerning Continue reading
In Peter Brown’s writing The World of Late Antiquity and Larry Hurtado’s The Earliest Christian Artifacts, they both discuss their different views on the creation of Christianity. In one of the chapters from The Earliest Christian Artifacts, Larry Hurtado discusses the history of Christians and their use of Continue reading
After a period of great decline, something is always born and built up in its place. The fall of the Roman Empire is no exception to this rule. As seen in both Peter Brown’s and Larry Hurtado’s texts, this was Continue reading
Both Peter Brown’s chapter “The Conversion of Christianity” and Larry Hurtado’s “The Early Christian Preference for the Codex” focus on a time in history in which Christianity was beginning to spread throughout society. The church was starting to have a Continue reading
The decline of the Roman empire was an important event of the fourth empire. During the same time period, the Christian church gained great power and influence; however, this movement is sometimes less acknowledged as the decline of the Roman Continue reading
Rowing has been around since the dawn of civilization because it was a way for transportation and warfare. Rowing is not an easy sport, it was actually used as a form of torture for prisoners during ancient times. However, rowing Continue reading
A feat people deemed impossible for hundreds of years was accomplished by two spectacular men. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norway were the first to ascend Mt. Everest’s near 30,000 ft summit. Sir Edmund Hillary grew up in New Zealand Continue reading
Baptism, known as a way to cleanse the soul of impurities and evil, was adopted into Christianity by John the Baptist. The ritual of baptism, which has evolved over the past years, was a long, strenuous journey. Early in the third Continue reading
