PAUL L. MAIER - In the Fullness of Time : A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter and the Early Church

U S A, HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. First Edition, Binding: Cloth & Boards, Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0060654007 Harback Hardback. Price clipped to D/J. Here at last in one richly illustrated volume is Paul Maier's classic trilogy on the origins of Christianity. In this newly revised, updated and expandied edition, Dr. Maier's impressive research and brilliant insights correlate history, archaeology, and the New Testament to bring alive the true drama of earliest Christianity. This skilfull narrative sheds a brilliant new light on the life of Jesus and the adventures of the courageous men and women who carried His message throughout a hostile empire. A host of magnificent photographs in colour and black-and-white illustrated this book and help recreate the world, the mood, the people, and the events with an immediacy that sweeps readers into the exciting first years of Christianity. Illustrated. 365 pp. (.