Research Catalog

Title

The birth of Christianity : the first twenty years / Paul Barnett.

Author

Barnett, Paul (Paul William)

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2005.

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Description

x, 230 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

As Paul Barnett shows in this penetrating book, the period between Jesus and the earliest Christian texts are hardly "lost years." Indeed, those years are accessible to historical investigation, and he richly details the time and setting in which the church was born.

Series Statement

• After Jesus ; 1
• Barnett, Paul (Paul William). After Jesus 1.

Subject

• Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600
• Crossan, John Dominic
• 30-600
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Church history > ca. 30-100

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

2 Early Christianity and the Study of History 9 -- 3 Time Borders and Christology 22 -- 4 World History and Christian History 27 -- 5 Mission to Greece: Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 42 -- 6 Between Jesus and Paul (1): Paul's Window (Galatians 1) 55 -- 7 Between Jesus and Paul (2): Luke's Window (Acts 1-9) 65 -- 8 "Christians" in Antioch 79 -- 9 Earliest "Teaching": The Influence of Peter 86 -- 10 Into the Land of Israel (A.D. 34-39) 95 -- 11 Between Jesus and Gospel Text 111 -- 12 A Collection Called "Q" 138 -- 13 Primary Gospel 1: Mark 150 -- 14 Primary Gospel 2: John 163 -- 15 Final Reflection: What Cannot Be Denied 180 -- Appendix A History and Geography in Acts 187 -- Appendix B Dating Galatians 206 -- Appendix C Reflections on J.D. Crossan's Birth of Christianity 211.

ISBN

0802827810 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004065412

OCLC

• 57210954
• SCSB-12346571

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library