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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1–100

The First Century

1 work

c. AD 30–45

Greek

Every Good Man Is Free

Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit

Philo of Alexandria · c. 20 BC – c. AD 50

A Stoic thesis argued from Jewish examples, closing with a description of the Essenes — who hold no slaves, swear no oaths, and keep no private property.

Hellenistic Jewish · TreatiseGenesisActsFull text