Discipline | Early Christian studies, archaeology |
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Language | English |
Edited by | K. Greschat, J. Lössl , J. van Oort, B.D. Ehrman, G. Rouwhorst, D.T. Runia, C. Scholten |
Publication details | |
History | 1947-present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Vigiliae Christ. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0042-6032 (print) 1570-0720 (web) |
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Vigiliae Christianae: A Review of Early Christian Life and Languages is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Brill Publishers in the field of early Christian studies.
According to the publisher: [1]
Vigiliae Christianae contains articles and short notes of an historical, cultural, linguistic or philological nature on early Christian literature written after the New Testament, as well as on Christian epigraphy and archaeology. Church and dogmatic history are dealt with as they relate to social history; Byzantine and medieval literature are treated as far as they exhibit continuity with the early Christian period.
The initiators of this journal were Jan Hendrik Waszink and Christine Mohrmann.
The current editors-in-chief of the Journal are: [2]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic Search, Arts & Humanities Citation Index ATLA Religion Database, Bibliography of the History of Art, Current Contents, Index Theologicus, MLA International Bibliography of Books & Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures, and the Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies. [1]
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