This book is the first accessible introduction in English to Tertullians works providing translations of Adversus Iudaeos (Against the Jews) Scorpiace (Antidote for the Scorpions Sting) and De Verginibus Velandis (On the Veiling of Virgins). Tertullian (c. AD 160 - 225) was one of the first theologians of the Western Church and ranks among the most prominent of the early Latin fathers. His literary output is wide-ranging and provides an invaluable insight into the Christian Church in the crucial period when the Roman Empire was in decline. These crucial works studied together with Geoffrey D. Dunns comprehensive commentary illuminate the early churchs reaction to paganism Judaism Scripture and its development of a distinctive Christian ethic.
