Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY -- ? 7. THE SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY -- ? 8. FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST TO THE EARLY CHURCH -- ? 9. PAUL -- ? 10. PALESTINE AND SYRIA -- ? 11. EGYPT -- ?12. ASIA MINOR, GREECE, AND ROME -- GLOSSARY -- EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS -- GENERAL INDEX -- AUTHORS DISCUSSED IN THE TEXT -- WORKS OFTEN CITED