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Press Release<\/h3>\n

OLD STORIES AND THE HEART BEAT WITHIN<\/h1>\n

Early Christianity In Its Song And Verse<\/em><\/h2>\n

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\"Early<\/a>Like so many periods of human history, the period examined and\u00a0illustrated in author Robert J. Glendinning\u2019s new book Early Christianity In Its Song and\u00a0Verse is rife with conflict: marching Roman legions, the fall of empires, invasions, religious\u00a0conversions, persecutions, and the clash of reason and faith. Defying conventional wisdom, this\u00a0work of creative non-fiction uses poetry\u2014the lyrics of ancient Latin hymns\u2014translated into\u00a0English verse, to tell a story.<\/p>\n

In Early Christianity In Its Song and Verse<\/em>, published through FriesenPress, two levels of story-telling create a picture of the world of early Christianity. The tumultuous and dramatic external\u00a0history of this 1000-year era from CE 300-1300 is outlined in the introductions, notes, and\u00a0commentary. The interior mind of the era, its spiritual experience, is revealed from the inside in\u00a0the hymn lyrics composed by those who lived at the time and participated in its struggles. Early\u00a0Christianity In Its Song and Verse is decidedly user friendly, offering the reader a variety of ways\u00a0of reading and using the work. Those with little or no previous knowledge of the subject will find\u00a0in the notes and commentaries information that ranges from very basic to an advanced level.<\/p>\n

Critical assessment: \u201c . . . provides a blend of scholarship and creative translation focusing on\u00a0Christianity\u2019s formative years. . . . valuable and satisfying . . . . as remarkable as Glendinning\u2019s\u00a0work as a translator is, the academic writing is even more impressive . , , . he rolls out all this\u00a0worthy material without the unnecessarily complicated jargon that mars many similar scholarly\u00a0\u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Early Christianity In Its Song and Verse by Robert J. Glendinning is available for purchase from\u00a0the FriesePress Bookstore, Barnes & Noble and most online retailers. The eBook can also be\u00a0purchased from Nook, Kindle, GooglePlay and iTunes Bookstore.\u00a0Canadian academic Robert Glendinning obtained his BA and his MA degrees at the University\u00a0of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and his PhD at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He was\u00a0a member of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba until his retirement in 1996.<\/p>\n

To learn more about book and author visit www.earlychristianverse.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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