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A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity
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A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity Paperback - 2001

by Keith Hopkins


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In this provocative, irresistibly entertaining book, Keith Hopkins takes readers back in time to explore the roots of Christianity in ancient Rome. Combining exacting scholarship with dazzling invention, Hopkins challenges our perceptions about religion, the historical Jesus, and the way history is written. He puts us in touch with what he calls "empathetic wonder"-imagining what Romans, pagans, Jews, and Christians thought, felt, experienced, and believed-by employing a series of engaging literary devices. These include a TV drama about the Dead Sea Scrolls; the first-person testimony of a pair of time-travelers to Pompeii; a meditation on Jesus' apocryphal twin brother; and an unusual letter on God, demons, and angels.

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Keith Hopkins is a professor of ancient history at King's College, Cambridge, and a fellow of the British Academy.

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I could see no other way.

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  • Title A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity
  • Author Keith Hopkins
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Plume Books, U.S.A.
  • Date July 3, 2001
  • ISBN 9780452282612 / 0452282616
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.93 x 6.05 x 1.2 in (22.68 x 15.37 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00032127
  • Dewey Decimal Code 270.1

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Keith Hopkins is a professor of ancient history at King's College, Cambridge, and a fellow of the British Academy.
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