Chapter i discusses concepts like early church and early christianity and wider aspects of reception chapter ii deals with concepts of history memory and cultural origins in early christian thought and its study chapter iii outlines varieties of religious traditions in the context of the early church especially hellenistic judaism. The early church history and memory josef lossl this study of the early church is written from a new religious and theological studies perspective it builds on recent research in ancient history archaeology classical and oriental and cognate . Chapter i discusses concepts like early church and early christianity and wider aspects of reception chapter ii deals with concepts of history memory and cultural origins in early christian thought and its study chapter iii outlines varieties of religious traditions in the context of the early church especially hellenistic judaism. The early church history and memory by josef lossl pp viii 247 london new york tt clark 2010 gbp65 cloth gbp1999 paper 978 0 567 46464 4 978 0 567 16561 9 a new history of early christianity by charles freeman pp xx 377 incl 4 maps 26 ills new haven london yale university press 2009 gbp25 978 0 300 12581 8 volume 61 issue 4 james carleton paget