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| Other uniform titles: | Vinzent, Markus. Offener Anfang.
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| ISBN: | 9781009290487
1009290487
9781009290517
1009290517
9781009290470
9781009290463
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| Notes: | Revised and expanded translation of authors's Offener Anfang.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | "How do we know what we know about the origins of the Christian religion? Neither its founder, nor the Apostles, nor Paul left any written accounts of their movement. The witnesses' testimonies were transmitted via successive generations of copyists and historians, with the oldest surviving fragments dating to the second and third centuries - that is, to well after Jesus' death. In this innovative and important book, Markus Vinzent interrogates standard interpretations of Christian origins handed down over the centuries. He scrutinizes - in reverse order - the earliest recorded sources from the sixth to the second century, showing how the works of Greek and Latin writers reveal a good deal more about their own times and preoccupations than they do about early Christianity. In so doing, the author boldly challenges understandings of one of the most momentous social and religious movements in history, as well as its reception over time and place"--
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| Other form: | Online version: Vinzent, Markus. Resetting the origins of Christianity Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009290470
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