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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... scribal teachers, including those who produced in the Book of Daniel the visions of future restora- tion of the people's independence. The imperial regime's military enforce- ment of the changes in the people's traditional way of life ...
... scribal intellectuals who served the temple-state as retainers organized a terrorist group of “dagger-men” to assassinate high priestly figures who collaborated too closely in imperial rule. Repressive measures taken by the Roman ...
... scribal circles having made common cause with any peasant groups. When a “teacher” named Menahem and his scribal followers attempted to set themselves at the head of the revolt in the sum- mer of 66, the Jerusalemites themselves ...
... scribal circles and the Herodian and high priestly administrations. Oral communication dominated at all levels of the society, completely so in the villages. This makes the old depiction of the ancient Jews as generally literate and a ...
... scribal elite of an impe- rially subjected people took stands against the imperial order. Occasionally some of the various Judean scribal circles who served as retainers of the Herodian and high priestly aristocracy protested when their ...