Primitive Christianity
Contemporary Studies and New Proposals
Published on 1. December 2003
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-567-08885-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is a critical account of the state-of-the-art of scholarship in earliest Christianity, and where and how it should move forward. It offers an authoritative account of contremporary scholarship and evaluates the work of all major scholars in the field, from Britain, America and around the world, as well as a critical analysis of all the published writings in Early Christianity over the last 25 years of the 20th century. The author evaluates all the contributions and defines the most significant areas for future research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliog , index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-08885-7 (9780567088857)
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Content
Preface; Preliminary Remarks; 1. An Overview of the Demarcation of Primitive Christianity: The Task and the Method of Description; 2. A Survey and Critique of Recent Conventional Reconstructions of Primitive Christianity; 3. A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in the Social History of Primitive Christianity; 4. A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in Primitive Christianity from the Perspective of Feminist Theology; 5. A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in the Environment of Primitive Christianity; 6. A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in Primitive Christianity in the Different Centres of Rome; a) Antioch; b) Roma; c) Macedonia; d) Ephesus and Asia Minor; 7. A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies of Individual Problems; Conclusion; Appendices; I. On the Problem of Pre-Christian Gnosticism; II. Gerd Theissen's A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion; Bibliography of work's Discussed; Index of Authors