Description:
This public lecture is staged annually in memory of the ecclesiastic historian Hans Lietzmann (1875-1942), Adolf von Harnacks's successor as director of the Academy project The Greek Christian Authors of the First Centuries (GDS). The invited speaker is an internationally renowned scholar from the field of archeology, classical studies, history of religion, and patristics. The lectures address central topics of the history of ancient religion that are of relevance to the present day.
Review Quotes:
"Die kleine Schrift liefert manche liturgiehistorischen Details und vor allem eine heryorragend lesbare, auf dem Stand der Forschung basierende Darstellung zu Ursprung und Genese des Apostolischen Glaubensbekenntnisses."
Jürgen Bärsch in: Liturgisches Jahrbuch 69/1 (2019), 53