How Did Christianity Begin?: A Believer and Non-Believer Examine the Evidence - Couverture souple

Bird, Michael F; Crossley, Jam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1598563416 ISBN 13 : 9781598563412

Editeur : Hendrickson Academic, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Bird Michael F Crossley James G

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The objective of "How Did Christianity Begin?" is to present two contrasting perspectives on the history of early Christianity. The contrast is evidently sharp as one co-author comes from a conservative Christian background (Michael Bird), whilst the other co-author (James Crossley) approaches the matter from a secular standpoint. The volume works sequentially through Christian origins and addresses various topics including the historical Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, the Apostle Paul, the Gospels, and the early church. Each author in turn examines these subjects and lays out his historical arguments concerning their origin and meaning.The volume also includes short responses from two other scholars (Maurice Casey and Scot McKnight) to the arguments of Bird and Crossley so as to give an even handed and broad evaluation of the arguments and debates that unfold.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Bird is lecturer in New Testament at the Highland Theological Institute. He has published several articles in areas such as the linguistic background to the gospels and the Gospel of Mark and is the author of the forthcoming Jesus and the Origins of the Gentile Mission. James Crossley is lecturer in New Testament at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of The Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity (2004) and the forthcoming The Spread of Earliest Christianity c. 26-50 CE (WJK, 2006). He is also the co-editor of Writing History, Constructing Religion (Ashgate, 2005).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hendrickson Academic
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1598563416
• ISBN 13: 9781598563412
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 206
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• Personne responsable: non disponible