NEW DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING EARLY CHRISTIANITY  A Project of the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre Macquarie University

New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity reviews and reproduces samples of Greek papyri and inscriptions which were first published or reissued in a designated year or years (volume 1 — 1976; volume 2 — 1977; volume 3 — 1978; volume 4 — 1979; volume 6 — 1980-81; volume 7 — 1982-83; volume 8 — 1984-85). Volume 5 is a collection of essays. Documents are selected to illustrate various aspects of life and language in the Graeco-Roman world.

Text and translation are printed facing each other on the page. Full indices (Subject Index; Index of Greek, Hebrew and Latin Words; Index of Greek, Roman and Patristic Writers; Papyrological and Epigraphical References; Biblical and Rabbinic References) are also provided.

Vols 1-5 were edited by G.H.R. Horsley and vols 6-8 by S.R. Llewelyn under the direction of E.A. Judge at Macquarie University, NSW 2109 Australia.
 

Editorial consultants are:

Professor G.W. Clarke, Professor G.H.R. Horsley, Professor M. Lattke, Dr J.A.L. Lee, Mr K.L. McKay, Dr S.R. Pickering, Professor G.R. Stanton and Professor M. Wilcox.
 

Of the volumes of New Documents reviewers have said:

Umso dankbarer dürfen wir sein, daß junge australische Philologen mit New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity die Aufgabe unternommen haben, dieses riesige, unüberschaubare Material für die Erforschung des frühen Christentums fruchtbar zu machen.      (M. Hengel, New Testament Studies)

Must reading for New Testament scholars.         (James H. Charlesworth, Religious Studies Review)

The utility of the series is beyond question, and for the vast majority of scholars it will be indispensable.   (J. P. Murphy-O'Connor, Revue Biblique)

... bietet höchst anregenden Diskussionsstoff für alle, die philologisch oder historisch an den Texten und der Geschichte des frühen Christentums und seinen Wurzeln arbeiten.     (W. Wischmeyer, Gnomon)

Earlier discussions are usefully collected, judiciously summarised and supplemented by new materials. There is much here that adds interesting detail to our knowledge of the life of the early churches      (A. Wasserstein, Journal of Roman Studies)

Les ouvrages ... semblent ouvrir la porte à une 'histoire totale' du monde des premiers chrétiens.     (G.G. Stroumsa, Numen)
 

Ordering of New Documents

Copies of all volumes of New Documents can be ordered through Eerdmans Publishing, 255 Jefferson Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, U.S.A.
 

Contact

For further information about New Documents please contact E.A. Judge, Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109 (fax: 9850 8892) or Stephen Llewelyn, e-mail:  sllewely@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au