The Early Christian World

By:

Esler, Philip F

Contributor(s):

Esler, Philip F

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge Worlds ; 201702ENGGPS1Publication details: New York Routledge 2017Edition: 2th edDescription: 1249pISBN:

9781138200074

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

J11 ES490

Partial contents:

1. The Context ..........1 The mediterranean Context of Early Christianity .............3 Armies, Emperors and Bureaucrats ......27 Graeco-Roman Philosophy and Religion ......48 Jewish Tradition and Culture ..........73 2. Christian Origins and Development .............95 The Galilean World of Jesus ......97 Early Jewish Christianity ........121 From the Hellenists to Marcoion: Early gentile christianity .......142 The Jesus Tradition: The Gospel writers strategies of Persuasion ....169 The Second and Third Centuries ............197 From constantine to Theodosius ....220 Jewish and Christian Interaction from the First to the Fifth Centuries ......244 3. Community formation and Maintenance ........265 Mission and Expansion ......267 The Development of Office in the Early Church .........284 Christian Regional Diversity ........295 Monasticism ..........307 4. Everyday Christian Experience .......327 Reading the New Testament in Roman Britain ...........329 Sex and Sexual Renunciation I .........355 Sex and Sexual Renunciation II : Developments in Research since 2000........372 Women, Children and house Churches ............385 Worship, practice, and Belief...........................406 Ritual and the rise of the Early Christian Movement .......427 Communication and Trav el ..........442 5. Christian Culture ..........465 Christian Realia: Papyrological and Epigraphical Material .......467 Scriptures in Early Christianity .........483 Saints and Hagiography ..........501 Translation and Communication across Cultures ........515 6. The Intellectual Heritage ...........527 The Apostolic Fathers ............529 The apologists ..........547 Early theologians ........565 Later theologians of the Greek East .........587 Later theologians of the West ..........606 Creeds, Councils and Doctrinal Development ........631 Biblical Interpretation ............647 7. The Artistic Heritage ........671 Early Christian Architecture : The first five Centuries ........673 Aret ..........717 Music ........745 Imaginative literature .........762 8. External Challenges ...........781 Political Oppression and Martyrdom .....783 Graeco-Roman philosophical Opposition ..........796 Popular Graeco-Roman Responses to Christianity ..........817 9. Internal Challenges ........835 Internal Renewal and Dissent in the Early christian world .......837 Gnosticism ...........867 Montanism ......885 10. Profiles ..........941 Origen ...........943 Tertullian ......959 Perpetua and Felicitas ........976 Constantine ........996 Anthony the Great ......1010 Pachomius the Great.........1021 Athanasius ......1036 John Chrysostom ........1054 Gregory of Nyssa ......1072 Jerome .....1087 Ambrose ......1102 Augustine .......1126 Ephrem the syrian ............1145 Julian the Apostate ........1169

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includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Context ..........1
The mediterranean Context of Early Christianity .............3
Armies, Emperors and Bureaucrats ......27
Graeco-Roman Philosophy and Religion ......48
Jewish Tradition and Culture ..........73
2. Christian Origins and Development .............95
The Galilean World of Jesus ......97
Early Jewish Christianity ........121
From the Hellenists to Marcoion: Early gentile christianity .......142
The Jesus Tradition: The Gospel writers strategies of Persuasion ....169
The Second and Third Centuries ............197
From constantine to Theodosius ....220
Jewish and Christian Interaction from the First to the Fifth Centuries ......244
3. Community formation and Maintenance ........265
Mission and Expansion ......267
The Development of Office in the Early Church .........284
Christian Regional Diversity ........295
Monasticism ..........307
4. Everyday Christian Experience .......327
Reading the New Testament in Roman Britain ...........329
Sex and Sexual Renunciation I .........355
Sex and Sexual Renunciation II : Developments in Research since 2000........372
Women, Children and house Churches ............385
Worship, practice, and Belief...........................406
Ritual and the rise of the Early Christian Movement .......427
Communication and Trav el ..........442
5. Christian Culture ..........465
Christian Realia: Papyrological and Epigraphical Material .......467
Scriptures in Early Christianity .........483
Saints and Hagiography ..........501
Translation and Communication across Cultures ........515
6. The Intellectual Heritage ...........527
The Apostolic Fathers ............529
The apologists ..........547
Early theologians ........565
Later theologians of the Greek East .........587
Later theologians of the West ..........606
Creeds, Councils and Doctrinal Development ........631
Biblical Interpretation ............647
7. The Artistic Heritage ........671
Early Christian Architecture : The first five Centuries ........673
Aret ..........717
Music ........745
Imaginative literature .........762
8. External Challenges ...........781
Political Oppression and Martyrdom .....783
Graeco-Roman philosophical Opposition ..........796
Popular Graeco-Roman Responses to Christianity ..........817
9. Internal Challenges ........835
Internal Renewal and Dissent in the Early christian world .......837
Gnosticism ...........867
Montanism ......885
10. Profiles ..........941
Origen ...........943
Tertullian ......959
Perpetua and Felicitas ........976
Constantine ........996
Anthony the Great ......1010
Pachomius the Great.........1021
Athanasius ......1036
John Chrysostom ........1054
Gregory of Nyssa ......1072
Jerome .....1087
Ambrose ......1102
Augustine .......1126
Ephrem the syrian ............1145
Julian the Apostate ........1169

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