Birth of ChristianityJohn Dominic Crossan explores the lost years of earliest Christianity, the years immediately following Jesus' execution. He establishes the contextual setting through a combination of literary, anthropological, historical and archaeological approaches. He challenges the assumptions about the role of Paul and the meaning of resurrection, and forges a new understanding of the birth of the Christian church. Here is a vivid account of early Christianity's interaction with the world around it, and of the new traditions and communities established as Jesus' companions continued their movement after his death. |
Contents
Reconstructing Earliest Christianity | 19 |
Memory and Orality | 47 |
Chapter 4 | 59 |
Chapter 5 | 69 |
Chapter 6 | 85 |
Part III | 91 |
Relating Gospel Contents | 103 |
Comparing Gospel Manuscripts | 121 |
Chapter 10 | 402 |
A Divided Tradition | 407 |
Meal and Community | 419 |
Communities of Resistance | 445 |
Story and Tradition | 477 |
Exegesis Lament and Biography | 527 |
Chapter 11 | 533 |
The Character of Your God | 575 |
Teachers and Householders | 353 |
Controlling the Itinerants | 363 |
121 | 376 |
Interpreting the Commands | 383 |
2 | 385 |
Part IV | 394 |
Appendixes | 587 |
Bibliography | 607 |
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The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened In the Years ... John Dominic Crossan No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer No preview available - 2001 |