Research Catalog
A theory of primitive Christian religion
- Title
- A theory of primitive Christian religion / Gerd Theissen.
- Author
- Theissen, Gerd.
- Publication
- London : SCM, 1999.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BT60 .T4413 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Bowden, John
- Description
- xiv, 393 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Gerd Theissen argues that neither a theology of the New Testament nor a history of the early church can do justice to all the dimensions of the earliest Christianity, which include myth, ethic and rites. Primitive Christianity is to be seen as a sign system that the first Christians built on the basis of Jewish religion. They constructed a semiotic cathedral, a world of signs in which to live, out of the narrative, ritual and ethical material. For them it was plausible and 'true', and those who want to be more than tourists in such a semiotic cathedral can find it plausible and true also."--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Theorie der urchristlichen Religion
- Alternative Title
- Theorie der urchristlichen Religion
- Subject
- 30-600
- Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- Christianity > Origin
- Christianity > Essence, genius, nature > History
- Christianisme > Essence, esprit, nature > Histoire
- Christianisme > Origines
- Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
- 11.51 early Christianity
- Christianity > Essence, genius, nature
- Christianity > Origin
- Church history > Primitive and early church
- Godsdienstwetenschap
- Christendom
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-322) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction: The programme of a theory of primitive Christian religion -- pt. 1: Myth and history in primitive Christianity -- The significance of the historical Jesus for the origin of primitive Christian religion -- The revitalization of the Jewish religion by Jesus -- How did Jesus come to be deified? -- The transformation of the Jewish sign system by post-Easter belief in Christ -- pt. 2: The ethics of primitive Christianity -- The two basic values of the primitive Christian ethic: love of neighbor and renunciation of status -- Dealing with power and possessions in primitive Christianity -- Ethical demands in the light of the two basic values: I -- Dealing with wisdom and holiness in primitive Christianity -- Ethical demands in the light of the two basic values: II -- pt. 3: The ritual sign language of primitive Christianity -- The origin of the primitive Christian sacraments from symbolic actions -- The sacrificial interpretation of the death of Jesus and the end of sacrifice.
- ISBN
- 0334027675
- 9780334027676
- 0334029139
- 9780334029137
- OCLC
- ocm59459168
- 59459168
- SCSB-1242160
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library