This book is the first accessible introduction in English to <strong>Tertullian</strong>sworks providing translations of Adversus Iudaeos Against the Jews Scorp... » 

This book is the first accessible introduction in English to Tertulliansworks providing translations of Adversus Iudaeos Against the Jews ScorpiaceAntidote for the Scorpions Sting and De Verginibus Velandis On the Veilingof Virgins.Tertullian c. AD 160 225 was one of the first theologians of the WesternChurch and ranks among the most prominent of the early Latin fathers. Hisliterary output is wideranging and provides an invaluable insight into theChristian Church in the crucial period when the Roman Empire was in decline.These crucial works studied together with Geoffrey D. Dunns comprehensivecommentary illuminate the early churchs reaction to paganism JudaismScripture and its development of a distinctive Christian ethic. «