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Talmudic Torment: Late Antique Jewish Texts on Pain and Suffering Between Medicine, Martyrdom, and Askesis 犹太法典的折磨：关于医学、殉道和Askesis之间的痛苦和折磨的晚期古犹太文本

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1983448

Lennart Lehmhaus

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Paul, Apostle of Pain: “One of Us-ness” and the Question of Suffering in 2 Corinthians 保罗，痛苦的使徒:“我们中的一个”和哥林多后书中的痛苦问题

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-10-14 DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1955221

M. O'Reilly

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“Did Augustine Win?” Another Look at an Old Question about the Contra Fortunatum “奥古斯丁赢了吗？”再看一个关于福图纳图门的老问题

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/2222582x.2021.1880954

Michael Coombes, A. Kotzé

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Peter’s Paradoxical Cross 彼得的矛盾十字架

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1969976

David L. Eastman

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Eusebius, Revelation, and Its Place in the New Testament Canon 优西比乌、启示录及其在新约正典中的地位

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1954044

Andrew R. Koperski

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The Bible in Christian North Africa. Part I: Commencement to the Confessiones of Augustine (ca. 180 to 400 CE) 基督教北非的圣经。第一部分:奥古斯丁忏悔录的开始(约公元180 - 400年)

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/2222582x.2021.2014922

C. Stenschke

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Soldiery and masculinity in John Chrysostom’s homilies On David and Saul 约翰·克里索斯托姆《大卫与扫罗》说教中的士兵气概与男子气概

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/2222582x.2022.2036624

C. L. de Wet

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Deuteros Theos: Constantine’s Christology at Nicaea 申命记：君士坦丁在尼西亚的基督论

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-06-14 DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2020.1845571

K. A. Chandler

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„ … so dass ihr ein Vorbild geworden seid für alle Gläubigen in Makedonien und Achaia” (1Thess 1,7): Übergemeindliche Verbindungen im 1. Thessalonicherbrief “…使你成为马其顿和亚该亚所有信徒的榜样”（1Thes 1,7）：1中的一般联系。给塞萨洛尼基的信

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2021.1880955

C. Stenschke

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A New King David for Late Antiquity: Classical Exemplarity and Biblical Personality in Pseudo-Hegesippus 古代晚期的新国王大卫：伪黑格尔的经典典范与圣经人格

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Journal of Early Christian History Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/2222582x.2021.1880953

Carson Bay

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