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010			_a 2016303302
020			_a9781451490305 _q(paperback ; _qalkaline paper)
020			_a1451490305 _q(paperback ; _qalkaline paper)
020			_z9781506400365 _q(electronic book)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn907193946
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050	0	0	_aBV160 _b.L66 2015
082	0	4	_a246 _223
100	1		_aLongenecker, Bruce W., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe cross before Constantine : _bthe early life of a Christian symbol / _cBruce W. Longenecker.
246	3	0	_aEarly life of a Christian symbol
300			_axi, 232 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-206) and indexes.
505	0		_aThe cross in its place -- The cross and non-Christian society -- The cross in a Jewish cradle -- The cross in textual images -- The cross in the material record -- The cross in a Pompeii bakery -- The cross in the literary record -- The cross and its advocates -- A very short conclusion.
520			_a"Upending a longstanding consensus, Bruce W. Longenecker presents a wide variety of material artifacts to illustrate that Christians made use of the cross as a visual symbol of their faith long before Constantine appropriated it to consolidate his power in the fourth century. Constantine did not invent the cross as a symbol of Christian faith; for an impressive number of Christians before Constantine's reign, the cross served as a visual symbol of commitment to a living deity in a dangerous world."--Back cover.
650		0	_aCrosses.
650		0	_aChristian art and symbolism.
906			_a7 _bcbc _ccopycat _d2 _encip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cE-BOOK