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Primitive Christianity : a survey of recent studies and some new proposals

Title
Primitive Christianity : a survey of recent studies and some new proposals / Gerd Lüdemann ; translated by John Bowden.
Author
Lüdemann, Gerd.
Publication
London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2003.

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Description
xii, 218 pages; 23 cm
Summary
This is a critical account of the state-of-the-art of scholarship in earliest Christianity, and where and how it should move forward. It offers an authoritative account of contemporary scholarship and evaluates the work of all major scholars in the field.
Uniform Title
Urchristentum. English
Alternative Title
Urchristentum.
Subject
  • 30-600
  • Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
  • Church history > Primitive and early church
  • Forschung
  • Urchristentum
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and index.
Contents
An overview of the demarcation of primitive Christianity: The task and the method of description -- A survey and critique of recent conventional reconstructions of primitive Christianity -- A survey and critique of recent studies in the social history of primitive Christianity -- A survey and critique of recent studies in primitive Christianity from the perspective of feminist theology -- A survey and critique of recent studies in the environment of primitive Christianity -- A survey and critique of recent studies in primitive Christianity in the different centres of the Roman empire -- Antioch -- Rome -- Macedonia -- Ephesus and Asia Minor -- A survey and critique of recent studies of individual problems -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: On the problem of pre-Christian Gnosticism -- Appendix II: Gerd Theissen's A theory of primitive Christian religion.
ISBN
  • 0567088855
  • 9780567088857
  • 0567088103
  • 9780567088109
LCCN
2003056367
OCLC
  • ocm52477320
  • 52477320
  • SCSB-1314313
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library