Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context: A Reader
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context: A Reader
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mark Harding
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| Series | Biblical Seminar |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:394 |
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| Category/Genre | Church history |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780826456045
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| Classifications | Dewey:270.1 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd
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| Publication Date |
1 October 2003 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context fills a vacuum in current scholarship. While there exist a number of anthologies of sources for students of the New Testament and early Judaism, this book integrates concise explanatory comment on various aspects of the historical and social situation of the early Christians with substantial extracts from early Christian, early Jewish, and Graeco-Roman sources.
Author Biography
Mark Harding is Dean of the Australian College of Theology. He is the author of Tradition and Rhetoric in the Pastoral Epistles (Peter Lang, 1998) and What are They Saying About the Pastoral Epistles? (Paulist, 2001).
Reviews'This collection helps open doors through which we more perceptivelyview our sacred texts in their original political and social contexts.Later, after contemplating these sources, you may feel drawn to pass throughthe apertures and experience afresh some of the power that gave meaning tothe lives of early Jews and Christians.' --James H. Charlesworth, George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature Princeton Theological Seminary
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