From Jesus to the Church : the first Christian generation /

From Jesus to the Church : the first Christian generation /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Evans, Craig A., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2014]
Description:	xv, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Church history -- Primitive and early church.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10087179

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ISBN:	9780664239053 0664239056 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	"This small book grew out of the Deichmann Lectures given at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel, in May of 2010"--Preface, page xi. Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-171) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Did Jesus intend to found a church?
From kingdom of God to church of Christ
James as leader of the Jesus community
Phinehan zeal and works of the law : what Paul and James are really saying
Jerusalem communities in conflict
The church between Paul, James, and Ignatius
Appendix. Root causes of the Jewish-Christian rift : from Jesus to Justin.