Resetting The Origins Of Christianity
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Resetting The Origins Of Christianity
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Author : Markus Vinzent
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-12-31
Resetting The Origins Of Christianity written by Markus Vinzent and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-31 with Bibles categories.
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.
Christian Origins
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Author : Richard Horsley
language : en
Publisher: Fortress Press
Release Date : 2010-03-01
Christian Origins written by Richard Horsley and has been published by Fortress Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-01 with Christian life categories.
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?
The Origins Of Christianity
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Author : Schuyler Brown
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 1993-06-25
The Origins Of Christianity written by Schuyler Brown and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-06-25 with Religion categories.
The life and death of Jesus of Nazareth and the beginnings of the movement which venerated him are of profound religious significance to Christian believers today. However, these events are also part of our common history and have had enormous influence on the development of Western civilization, They are, therefore, legitimate subjects of historical enquiry. The historical introduction to the New Testament investigates the foundation of the new religious movement in the life of Jesus, the experiences which acted as a catalyst on missionary activity after his death, the factors which led to a separation of the movement from Judaism, and the development of the ecclesiastical structure through which Christianity has influenced subsequent secular and religious history.
The History Of The Origins Of Christianity
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Author : Ernest Renan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
The History Of The Origins Of Christianity written by Ernest Renan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Apostles categories.
The History Of The Origins Of Christianity Vol 3 Classic Reprint
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Author : Ernest Renan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-07
The History Of The Origins Of Christianity Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by Ernest Renan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-07 with Religion categories.
Excerpt from The History of the Origins of Christianity, Vol. 3 The fifteen or sixteen years of religious history comprised in this volume in the embryonic age of Christianity, are the years with which we are best acquainted. Jesus and the primitive Church at Jerusalem resemble the images of a far-off paradise, lost in a mysterious mist. On the other hand, the arrival of St Paul at Rome, in consequence of the step the Author of the Acts has taken in closing at that juncture his narrative, marks in the history of Christian origins the commencement of a profound darkness into which the bloody glare of the barbarous feasts of Nero, and the thunders of the Apocalypse, cast only a few gleams. In particular, the death of the Apostles is enveloped in an impenetrable obscurity. On the contrary, the era of the missions of St Paul, especially of the second mission and the third, is known to us through documents of the greatest value. The Acts, till then so legendary, become suddenly quite authentic; the last chapters, composed in part of the narrative of an eye witness, are the sole complete historical writings which we have of the early times of Christianity. In fine, those years, through a privilege very rare in similar circumstances, provide us with documents, the dates of which are absolutely authentic, and a series of letters, the most important of which have withstood all the tests of criticism, and which have never been subjected to interpolations. In the introduction to the preceding volume, we have made an examination of the Book of Acts. We must now discuss seriatim the different epistles which bear the name of St Paul. The Apostle informs us himself, that even during his lifetime thero were in circulation in his name several spurious letters, and he often took precautions to prevent frauds. We are, therefore, only carrying out his intentions in subjecting the writings which have been put forth as his to a rigorous censorship. There are in the New Testament fourteen of such epistles, which it will be necessary at the outset to divide into two distinct categories. Thirteen of these writings bear in the text of the letter the name of the Apostle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Origins Of Christianity
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Author : Charles Bigg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
The Origins Of Christianity written by Charles Bigg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Church history categories.
Foundations Of Christianity Routledge Revivals
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Author : Karl Kautsky
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-09
Foundations Of Christianity Routledge Revivals written by Karl Kautsky and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-09 with Religion categories.
First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begins by considering the personality of Jesus as portrayed within Pagan and Christian sources and highlighting the Church’s difficulty in presenting a unified and concurrent image of Jesus and interpretation of His words. Next, Kautsky analyses the structure of Roman society, with particular emphasis on the slave-holding system, the Roman State and the historiography of the period. In the third section, an early history of the Jewish people is presented, whilst the final section discusses the beginnings of Christianity and the social struggles present within early Christian society. This is a fascinating reissue, which will be of particular interest to students of Church History, Christian theology and the various interpretations of Jesus.
The History Of The Origin Of Christianity
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Author : Ernest Renan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866
The History Of The Origin Of Christianity written by Ernest Renan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with Christianity categories.
The Way To Christianity
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Author : John Larke
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-05-19
The Way To Christianity written by John Larke and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-19 with Religion categories.
The earliest Christians wrote their own history to justify their faith and claim a direct line of authoritive teachings based on the words of Jesus. As a result a good deal of what they compiled was belief rewritten as though it was history. Remarkably after almost two millennia, it is possible to recover the authentic origins of Christianity, based exclusively on the historical sources rather than belief. This shows that the beginnings of Christianity lie in two quite disparate religious groups, one of which was exclusively Jewish, whilst the other was predominantly gentile. The spiritual leadership of the Jewish sect, which became known as The Way, was provided by a succession of holy men from the same extended family, which included Jesus. The central prophesy of The Way was the imminent arrival of the Kingdom of God . When, with Gods help, the Jewish Nation would overcome Roman occupation and permanently rid itself of foreign domination. The kingdom of God was exclusively Jewish and the Gentile world played no part in it. After the death of Paul of Tarsus his followers lost their Jewish inheritance and began to see Jesus in ways that were profoundly heretical within Judaism yet wholly acceptable within the Pagan world. In particular they claimed that Jesus was the divine Son of God, rather than a Son of God in a Jewish sense, where a deeply religious Jewish man, who did the will of God, could be regarded as a true Son of God.
A Chronological Revision Of The Origins Of Christianity
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Author : Frans J. Vermeiren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-03-07
A Chronological Revision Of The Origins Of Christianity written by Frans J. Vermeiren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with categories.
33 CE, the time of Jesus' crucifixion, is one of the most important turning points in Western history. In spite of this, some major problems with the origins of Christianity have persisted throughout the centuries. The best-known of these is the strange relationship between Jesus and his follower Paul who, in his letters to the first Christian communities, remains silent on Jesus' teachings, his spectacular deeds, his relatives or his home base Galilee. It is also remarkable that the Gospel of Mark, which was the first manuscript to tell the story of Jesus' life and execution, was written about 40 years after the events.Independent of traditional biblical scholarship, Vermeiren has studied not only the Bible but also the other relevant written sources on the subject, primarily the Dead Sea Scrolls and the works of the Jewish historian Josephus. Through a combined reading of all available sources Vermeiren takes the reader on a spectacular journey into Roman-occupied first century Palestine, and brings to light an entirely different beginning of Christianity from what the New Testament and the Christian churches would have us believe. He brings forward a revolutionary theory that not only settles the Paul problem and the issues of chronology, but also shows an early Christianity that is the result of purely human purpose and effort.This theory might be a decisive step in demythologizing Christianity. It's an eye opener for the interested layperson, and a serious challenge for the churches, for biblical scholars and for academic historians alike.