The first one hundred years of Christianity : an introduction to its history, literature, and development /

The first one hundred years of Christianity : an introduction to its history, literature, and development /

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Author / Creator:Schnelle, Udo, 1952- author.
Uniform title:Ersten 100 Jahre des Christentums. English
Imprint:Grand Rapids : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020.
Description:pages cm
Language:English
Subject:
Church history -- Primitive and 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/13242128
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Other authors / contributors:Thompson, James W., translator.
ISBN:9781540960153
1540960153
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:"This major work by a senior international scholar traces the historical, cultural, and theological influences and developments of the early years of the Christian movement"--
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Translator's Preface
  • Author's Preface to the American Edition
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. On Writing a History of Origins
  • 1.1. History as Interpretation of the Present and the Past
  • 1.2. History and Method
  • 2. Definition and Demarcation of the Epoch
  • 2.1. Primitive Christianity or Early Christianity?
  • 2.2. The Chronological Framework
  • 3. Presuppositions and Contexts
  • 3.1. Hellenism as a World Culture
  • 3.2. Greco-Roman Culture
  • 3.3. Judaism
  • 3.4. The Political and Economic Situation in the Roman Empire in the First and Second Centuries CE
  • 4. The New Movement of Christ-Believers
  • 4.1. The Easter Events
  • 4.2. The Origin of Christology
  • 4.3. The Founder of a New Discourse and New Thinking
  • 5. The Jerusalem Church
  • 5.1. The Beginnings
  • 5.2. Groups and Persons
  • 5.3. Places: The Temple
  • 5.4. Conflicts
  • 5.5. Theological Institutions and Discourse
  • 5.6. Texts: The Passion Narrative
  • 5.7. The Theological Development of the Early Jerusalem Church
  • 6. Early Churches and Early Mission outside Jerusalem
  • 6.1. Contexts: Mobility and Religious-Philosophical Variety in the Roman Empire
  • 6.2. Persons
  • 6.3. Groups: The Jesus Movement
  • 6.4. Lands and Places
  • 6.5. Competitors and Conflicts
  • 6.6. The Development of the Community's Own Cult Praxis and Theology: The First Forms of Institutionalization
  • 6.7. Texts
  • 6.8. The First Missionary journey and the Mission to the Gentiles without the Requirement of Circumcision
  • 6.9. The Three Great Currents at the Beginning
  • 7. The Apostolic Conference
  • 7.1. The Initial Conflict
  • 7.2. The Essential Problem
  • 7.3. The Process
  • 7.4. The Result
  • 7.5. Interpretations of the Outcome
  • 7.6. The Incident at Antioch
  • 8. The Independent Mission of Paul
  • 8.1. Perspective, Process, and Conflicts
  • 8.2. Persons
  • 8.3. Structures
  • 5.3. External Discourse
  • 8.3. Internal Discourse
  • 8.4. Theology in Letter Form: The Pauline Letters
  • 8.5. Paul and the Development of Early Christianity as an Independent Movement
  • 9. The Crisis of Early Christianity around 70 CE
  • 9.1. The Deaths of Peter, Paul, and James and the First Persecutions
  • 9.2. The Destruction of the Temple, the Fall of the Jerusalem Church, and the Fiscus Judaicus
  • 9.3. The Rise of the Flavians
  • 9.4. The Writing of the Gospels and Pseudepigraphy as Innovative Responses to Crises
  • 10. The Establishment of Early Christianity
  • 10.1. A New Genre for a New Era: The Gospels
  • 10.2. The Synoptic Gospels and Acts as Master Narratives
  • 10.3. The Continuing Legacy of Paul
  • 10.4. Johannine Christianity as the Fourth Great Stream
  • 10.5. Jewish Christianity as an Enduring Power
  • 10.6. Perceptions by Outsiders
  • 11. Dangers and Threats
  • 11.1. The Delay of the Parousia
  • 11.2. Poor and Rich
  • 11.3. Controversies, False Teachers, and Opponents
  • 11.4. Structures and Offices
  • 11.5. Conflicts with Judaism after 70 CE
  • 12. The Persecutions of Christians and the Imperial Cult
  • 12.1. The Imperial Cult as a Political Religion
  • 12.2. Persecution under Nero
  • 12.3. Persecution under Domitian?
  • 12.4. Pliny and Trajan concerning Christianity
  • 13. Early Christianity as an Independent Movement
  • 13.1. The New Narrative and the New Language of the Christians
  • 13.2. New Perspectives about God
  • 13.3. Serving as a Model of Success
  • 13.4. Early Christianity as a Religion of the City and of Education
  • 13.5. The Major Theological Currents and Networks near the End of the First Century
  • 13.6. The Expansion of Early Christianity
  • 14. The Transition to the Ancient Church
  • 14.1. Claims to Power and Established Structures
  • 14.2. The Emergence of Another Message: Early Gnosticism
  • 15. Fifteen Reasons for the Success of Early Christianity
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Selected Subjects
  • Index of Selected References

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