
In Search of First-Century Christianity
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2019
Book
Hardback
226 pages
978-1-138-71611-7 (ISBN)
Description
Originally pulished in 2000, In Search of First Century Christianity contends that Christianity in the first century had no founder but rather evolved as a convergence of many forces: political disillusionment, cultural mutations, religious and theological motifs, psychosocial losses and new expectations. Moving on from an examination of the foundations of historical and literary criticism in the Renaissance, and a detailed study of two writers in antiquity,Thucydides and Chariton, to examine writings in the period between Plato and the Gospel of Mark, the authors then explore the writing of Paul and the stories told in the Gospels. With the early Christians drawing from both Greek and Hebrew sources, Barnhart and Kraeger propose that, like Plato, Paul and other Christians generated an "anti-tragic theatre" gospel with the Jesus figure being the creation of a culture steeped in an anthropomorphic, metaphysical view of the world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-71611-7 (9781138716117)
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In Search of First-Century Christianity
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Persons
Linda T. Kraeger Joe E. Barnhart
Content
1. Introduction. 2. The Renaissance and the Bible. 3. Thucydides' History and Chariton's Novel. 4. Paul the Apostle: Problems in the Paradigm. 5. Paul, the Hellenistic Jew. 6. Paul and Two Jews of Alexandria. 7. Paul and 2 Esdras. 8. Paul on Sinful Desires and Divine Providence. 9. An Apocalyptic Vision of Ultimate Power. 10. Versions of the Jesus Story. 11. Borg's Jesus, Anderson's Christ. 12. Jesus as King. 13. Is Jesus a Legend? 14. Tragedy and Gospel.