{"product_id":"destroyer-of-the-gods-hurtado-paperback","title":"Destroyer of the Gods (Hurtado - paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Larry W. Hurtado\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN\u003c\/b\u003e: 9781481304740\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding\u003c\/b\u003e: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection\u003c\/b\u003e: History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Silly,\" \"stupid,\" \"irrational,\" \"simple.\" \"Wicked,\" \"hateful,\" \"obstinate,\" \"anti-social.\" \"Extravagant,\" \"perverse.\" The Roman world rendered harsh judgments upon early Christianity—including branding Christianity \"new.\" Novelty was no Roman religious virtue. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNevertheless, as Larry W. Hurtado shows in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDestroyer of the Gods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Christianity thrived despite its new and distinctive features and opposition to them. Unlike nearly all other religious groups, Christianity utterly rejected the traditional gods of the Roman world, offering a new and different kind of religious identity, one not based on ethnicity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53265288626400,"sku":"Books:9781481304740n","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/512034xJ8DL._SL1000.jpg?v=1782855856","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/destroyer-of-the-gods-hurtado-paperback","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}