In “The Conversion of Christianity” from The World of Late Antiquity, the author, Peter Brown, traces the expansion of Christianity through chronological methodology  and biographical reasoning. Larry Hurtado performs a similar task using a distinct approach: he evaluates the manifestation Continue reading →

Every author has a unique writing style. When asked to compare two different authors, one might find some similarities between the two. When asked to compare Brown and Hurtado, the first thing one might ask is what is their topic. Continue reading →

Peter Brown in “The Conversion of Christianity” in the book, World of Late Antiquity, discusses Christianity and its impact on the decaying Roman Empire. On the other hand, Larry Hurtado in “The Early Christian Preference for the Codex” tries to Continue reading →

In  “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, both focus on  major topics that are crucial  when it comes to the understanding Continue reading →

In the book The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown, he explores the spread of Christianity and how it effected those at the time. While Larry Hurtado did something similar in his book Earliest Christian Artifacts, he instead analyzed how Christianity Continue reading →

The manner in which the information about the early Christians and their willingness to adapt around the common citizen, and their affinity for the codex over the scroll was presented to me in two very different ways, both heavily capable Continue reading →

Both Larry Hurtado and Peter Brown take on the task of developing a historical look at the early Christian tradition; however, Hurtado focuses on the actual form of Christian literature, while Brown focuses more on the story of the church Continue reading →

Both Peter Brown and Larry Hurtado explore the same topic, just in different perspectives. Brown in his book, The World of Late Antiquity, explores the spread of Christianity in the fourth century as a whole, while Hurtado in his book, Continue reading →

Peter Brown and Larry Hurtado have both written pieces on the immersion of early Christianity in the Greco-Roman world. “The Conversion of Christianity, 300-363,” a chapter from Peter Brown’s The World of Late Antiquity, and “The Early Christian Preference for Continue reading →

Hurtado and Brown approach the presentation of Christian history in dramatically contrasting fashions. Brown tends to present his information with a chronological structure following the experiences of specific individuals. Hurtado, in contrast, presents his information with quantitative data to support Continue reading →