Christian OriginsFortress Press, 1 de mar. de 2010 - 336 páginas 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? |
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... Israelite origin , and how did they gradually evolve and coalesce into a “ religion ” that came to be called Christianity ? I know of no more reliable guide to these issues than Richard Horsley , the editor of this volume . At every ...
... Israelite assemblies he helped catalyze in terms of an extension of Israel's blessings to other peoples in fulfillment of the promises to Abraham. Certainly there is no Christianity over against Judaism in most books of the New ...
... Israelite peoples and their rulers, one that set the stage for the Jesus movements. The Jerusalem temple-state had been set up by the Persian Empire in the sixth century bcE. It served several purposes simultaneously: it institu ...
... Israelite people under the Temple and high priesthood . But in contrast to their Israelite cousins in Judea they would not have been accustomed to rule and taxation by the Jerusalem temple - state . The Roman takeover of Palestine in 63 ...
... Israelite tradition—or rather their own popular Israelite tradition. Given the different regional histories 12 CHRISTIAN ORIGINS.