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Kyle Smith is associate professor and director of the History of Religions program in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto. His research focuses primarily on the history of Christianity in Roman Mesopotamia and Sasanian Persia, with a particular emphasis on the fourth through sixth centuries. He is the author or co-author of five books about Christian saints and martyrs and is currently working on a new biography of St. Nicholas.

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	Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity 4.11 avg rating — 62 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia: Martyrdom and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity (Transformation of the Classical Heritage) (Volume 57) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Martyrdom and History of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba'e 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Mar Behnam and Sarah: Martyrdom and Monasticism in Medieval Iraq by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, Kyle Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kyle Smith rated a book it was amazing How Catholics Encounter the Bible by Michael Peppard	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Michael Peppard's How Catholics Encounter the Bible is a delightful myth-buster. No, Catholics don't ignore the Bible—they just engage with it differently than Protestants do. And with better art. Peppard shows how Scripture seeps into Catholic life ...more
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