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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Wedderburn, A.J.M. History of the first Christians. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2005 (OCoLC)85825312 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
A J M Wedderburn |
ISBN: | 9780567144065 0567144062 |
OCLC Number: | 318084845 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 296 pages). |
Contents: | Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The First Beginnings; 3. Stephen and His Group; 4. The Spread of Christianity; 5. Paul -- the Hidden Years; 6. Agreement and Strife; 7. Paul the Missionary; 8. Judaizing Christianity; 9. Pauline Christianity after Paul; 10. Johannine Christianity; 11. The Church in the Roman Empire; Postscript; Notes; Abbreviations; Select Bibliography; Index of Primary Sources; Index of Authors (Secondary Literature); Index of Subjects. |
Series Title: | Understanding the Bible and its world. |
Responsibility: | Alexander J.M. Wedderburn. |
Abstract:
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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