A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion
A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion

Author: Gerd Theissen

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780334029137

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A discussion of 'primitive' Christianity - Christianity in its original form, this work was first given as Speaker's Lectures in Oxford. Covering the first five centuries of Christianity, it argues that neither a theology of the New Testament nor a history of the early Church can do justice to all the dimensions of the earliest Christianity. It explores in depth the formation of primitive Christianity and studies the effect of the two great crises of primitive Christianity: the split with Judaism and the threat from Gnosticism. It is aimed at academic theologians.

Trajectories through Early Christianity
Trajectories through Early Christianity

Author: James M. Robinson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 159752736X

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Contents1 Introduction: The Dismantling and Reassembling of the Categories of New Testament Scholarship2 Kerygma and History in the New Testament3 LOGOI SOPHON: On the Gattung of Q4 GNOMAI DIAPHOROI: The Origin and Nature of Diversification in the History of Early Christianity5 One Jesus and Four Primitive Gospels6 The Structure and Criteria of Early Christian Beliefs7 The Johannine Trajectory8 Conclusion: The Intention and Scope of Trajectories

The Devil
The Devil

Author: Jeffrey Burton Russell

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780801494093

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This lively and learned book traces the history of the concept of evil and its personification as the Devil from ancient times to the period of the New Testament and across cultures and civilizations.

John Wesley in America
John Wesley in America

Author: Geordan Hammond

Publisher:

Published: 2014-04

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0198701608

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This is the first book length study of John Wesley's period as a missionary in colonial Georgia. The mission was a laboratory for implementing his views of primitive Christianity. The ideal of restoring the doctrine, discipline, and practice of the early church in the Georgia wilderness was a prime motivation for Wesley's missionary activity.