Tertullian

<p>This book is the first accessible introduction in English to Tertullian's works, providing translations of Adversus Iudaeos (<em>Against the Jews</em>), Scorpiace (<em>Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting</em>) and De Verginibus Velandis (<em>On the Veiling of Virgins</em>).</p><p>Tertullian (c. AD 160 - 225) was one of the first theologians of the Western Church and ranks among the most prominent of the early Latin fathers. His literary output is wide-ranging, and provides an invaluable insight into the Christian Church in the crucial period when the Roman Empire was in decline. </p><p>These crucial works studied, together with Geoffrey D. Dunn's comprehensive commentary, illuminate the early church's reaction to paganism, Judaism, Scripture, and its development of a distinctive Christian ethic. </p>