Journal of Early Christian Studies
Encyclopedia
The Journal of Early Christian Studies is an academic journal
founded in 1993 and is the official publication of the North American Patristics Society. It is devoted to the study of patristics
, that is Christianity
in the ancient period of roughly C.E. 100-700. The current editor is David Brakke of Indiana University. The journal is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Johns Hopkins University Press
.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Arts and Humanities Citation Index
, Current Contents
/Arts & Humanities, MLA International Bibliography
, and the Social Sciences Citation Index
(partial coverage).
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
founded in 1993 and is the official publication of the North American Patristics Society. It is devoted to the study of patristics
Patristics
Patristics or Patrology is the study of Early Christian writers, known as the Church Fathers. The names derive from the Latin pater . The period is generally considered to run from the end of New Testament times or end of the Apostolic Age Patristics or Patrology is the study of Early Christian...
, that is Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
in the ancient period of roughly C.E. 100-700. The current editor is David Brakke of Indiana University. The journal is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
The Johns Hopkins University Press is the publishing division of the Johns Hopkins University. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. The Press publishes books, journals, and electronic databases...
.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
The Arts & Humanities Citation Index , also known as Arts & Humanities Search is a citation index, with abstracting and indexing for more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals, and coverage of disciplines that includes social and natural science journals. Part of this database is derived from...
, Current Contents
Current Contents
Current Contents is a rapid alerting service database from the Institute for Scientific Information, now part of Thomson Reuters, that is published online and in several different printed subject sections.-History:...
/Arts & Humanities, MLA International Bibliography
Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature...
, and the Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index is an interdisciplinary citation index product of Thomson Reuters' Healthcare & Science division. It was developed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the Science Citation Index....
(partial coverage).
External links
- Journal of Early Christian Studies at Project MUSEProject MUSEProject MUSE is an online database of current and back issues of peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals. It was founded in 1993 by Todd Kelley and Susan Lewis and is a project of the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. It had support from the Mellon...
- North American Patristics Society