The Origins Of Christianity

Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451688512
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Christianity written by Paul Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude—“a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted and perhaps the most radical” (New York Review of Books). In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has. Johnson takes off in the year AD 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known ‘Jesus Sect’, A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity—and its trials and tribulations throughout history—has never before been contained in such a captivating work.

Author : Archibald Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Christianity written by Archibald Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Horsley
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451416644
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Origins written by Richard Horsley and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dealing with a time when "Christians" were moving towards separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this inaugural volume of A People's History of Christianity tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources. Of particular interest to the distinguished group of scholar-contributors are the often overlooked aspects of the earliest "Christian" consciousness: How, for example, did they manage to negotiate allegiances to two social groups? How did they deal with crucial issues of wealth and poverty? What about the participation of slaves and women in these communities? How did living in the shadow of the Roman Empire color their religious experience and economic values?

Author : Delbert Burkett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521007207
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity written by Delbert Burkett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-10 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Rebecca I. Denova
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119759625
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Christianity and the New Testament written by Rebecca I. Denova and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Denova explores how the first followers of Jesus arrived at their faith, the way their sacred texts developed into the New Testament, and how their movement eventually became the religion of Christianity. [Her] volume examines the concepts, beliefs, issues, and events that gave rise to institutional Christianity--providing readers with the historical context of the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, the Acts of the Apostles, the Book of Revelation, the letters of Paul, and other foundational New Testament documents"--Back cover.

Author : David Flusser
Publisher : Hebrew University Magnes Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judaism and the Origins of Christianity written by David Flusser and published by Hebrew University Magnes Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than three decades, Professor David Flusser of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem has pioneered new understandings of the Jewish background of early Christianity. Many have been fascinated by his unique monograph on Jesus, translated into several languages. Most of his scholarly articles in English, including some new contributions as well as many published in not easily accessible journals, have been collected in this one volume. A must for New Testament scholars, and students of early Judaism, it will also be welcomed by the many lay persons for whom Professor Flusser has provided illumination on the origins of Christian faith.

Author : Diarmaid MacCulloch
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141021896
Total Pages : 1065 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Christianity written by Diarmaid MacCulloch and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1065 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a prize-winning author, this book charts the course of Christianity from ancient history onwards.

Author : Etienne Nodet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Christianity written by Etienne Nodet and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etienne Nodet and Justin Taylor investigate the character of the early Christian community by looking at the origins of baptism and the Eucharist and the links between them. A fundamental work on the initiation sacraments, "The Origins of Christianity" focuses on the Essenes at the time that this tradition-bound culture came in contact with the Gentiles. The result was a profound change that transformed a sect into a church.

Author : Schuyler Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198262078
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Christianity written by Schuyler Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-06-24 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and death of Jesus of Nazareth and the beginnings of the movement which venerated him are of profound religious significance to Christian believers today. However, these events are also part of our common history and have had enormous influence on the development of Western civilization, They are, therefore, legitimate subjects of historical enquiry. The historical introduction to the New Testament investigates the foundation of the new religious movement in the life of Jesus, the experiences which acted as a catalyst on missionary activity after his death, the factors which led to a separation of the movement from Judaism, and the development of the ecclesiastical structure through which Christianity has influenced subsequent secular and religious history.

Author : Ernest Renan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Origins of Christianity written by Ernest Renan and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: