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Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD New in Paper edition
Peter Brown
Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD New in Paper edition
Peter Brown
Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. This book offers a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire.
816 pages, 12 color illus. 8 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 maps.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 30, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9780691161778 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 808 |
Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 42 mm · 1.16 kg |
Language | English |
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