Abstract: Introduction – From Patristics to Early Christian Studies – Literature, Patristics, Early Christian Writing – Which Early Christianity? – Material Evidence (1): Archaeology – Material Evidence (2): Visual Culture – Epigraphy – Palaeography and Codicology – Jews and Christians – Pagans and Christians – ‘Gnosticism’ – Manichaeism – Arius and Arians – Pelagius and Pelagians – The West (1): Italy, Gaul, and Spain – The West (2): North Africa – The East (1): Greece and Asia Minor – The East (2): Egypt and Palestine – The East (3): Syria and Mesopotamia – Clergy and Laity – The Biblical Canon – Creeds, Councils, and Canons – Church and Empire – Women and Gender – Monasticism – Early Christian Apocryphal Literature – Apologetics – Homiletics – Early Christian Historians and Historiography – Martyr Passions and Hagiography – Poetry and Hymnography (1): Christian Latin Poetry – Poetry and Hymnography (2): The Greek World – Poetry and Hymnography (3): Syriac – Christian Philosophy – Christian Initiation – Eucharistic Liturgy – Prayer – Asceticism – Penance – Martyrdom and the Cult of the Saints – Pilgrimage – Interpretation of Scripture – Doctrine of God – Christ and Christologies – Doctrine of Creation – Early Christian Ethics – Instrumenta Studiorum: Tools of the Trade

Keywords: Latin, Greek, Council, Christian, Canons, Women, Scripture, Saint, Ritual, Prayer, Pilgrimage, Passion, Martyr, Liturgy, God, Eucharist, Ethics, Culture, Cult, Creed, Creation, Clergy, Church, Christianity, Christ, Canon, Apologetics, Apocryphal, Apocrypha