A history of the first Christians

By:

Wedderburn, Alexander J. M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Understanding the Bible and its worldPublication details: London T & T Clark Int. 2005Description: xii, 296 20 cmISBN:

0567084132

Subject(s):

Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History. RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. Church history -- Primitive and early church

Summary: This work provides a survey of the history of the earliest Christian church in the period up to the fall of Jerusalem. It concentrates on: the figure of Paul; judicious and critical use of information in the Book of Acts; Judaizing versions of Christianity; and the Johannine tradition. The approach steers a middle way between an over-simplified account which fails to warn students where scholarly opinion is divided, and an in-depth academic study which attempts to document and discuss every hypothesis. Wedderburn focuses on aspects of central importance: the changing shape of church life and d.

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This work provides a survey of the history of the earliest Christian church in the period up to the fall of Jerusalem. It concentrates on: the figure of Paul; judicious and critical use of information in the Book of Acts; Judaizing versions of Christianity; and the Johannine tradition. The approach steers a middle way between an over-simplified account which fails to warn students where scholarly opinion is divided, and an in-depth academic study which attempts to document and discuss every hypothesis. Wedderburn focuses on aspects of central importance: the changing shape of church life and d.

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