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Bowden, John; Theissen, Gerd

 
9780800631796: The Religion of the Earliest Churches: Creating a Symbolic World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 080063179X ISBN 13 : 9780800631796
Editeur : Fortress Press,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

In these distinguished Oxford lectures, Theissen picks up where he left off in The Historical Jesus (1998). Employing the notion of religion as a "cultural sign language which promises a gain in life by corresponding to an ultimate reality," he plots the emergence of Christianity as a religion, with elements of myth, ritual, ethics, and an emergent symbolic system. He expands upon the historical, social, and theological analysis of his earlier works to cover such issues as the relationship of Jesus to the earliest churches, power, possessions, interpretations of Jesus' death, and the separation of the church and synagogue.

Theissen's most complete and systematic treatment of early Christianity to date

Traces the gradual emergence of the most important beliefs about Jesus

Encompasses beliefs, ethics, ritual, and the origin of the New Testament canon in one synthesis

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Éditeur
Fortress Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
080063179X
ISBN 13 
9780800631796
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
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