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>