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UNDERSTANDING EARLY CHRISTIAN ART. By Robin Margaret Jensen. New York: Routledge, 2000. Pp. xii + 221. $25.99.

In the past two centuries there have been few books on Christian iconography published in the English language. Among them one can count important contributions made by some Protestant women: Anna Jameson and Mrs. Clement in the 19th century and Jane Dillenberger in the 20th century. Now Robin Margaret Jensen deservedly adds her name to this illustrious list with a study of early Christian art, its symbols and its themes. J., of Andover Newton Theological School, has ...

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