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Jesus Wars
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Philip Jenkins,John Philip Jenkins |
Jesus Wars reveals how official, orthodox teaching about Jesus was the product of political maneuvers by a handful of key characters in the fifth century. Jenkins argues that were it not for these co… |
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Self-designations and group identity in the New Testament
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Paul R. Trebilco |
"What terms would early 'Christians' have used when they addressed one another? What would they have called each other? Would they have said, 'Are you a Christian?' or 'Are you a disciple?' or Are yo… |
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Sacred violence
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Brent D. Shaw |
"One route to understanding the nature of specifically religious violence is the study of past conflicts. Distinguished ancient historian Brent D. Shaw provides a new analysis of the intense sectaria… |
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Cities of God
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Rodney Stark |
How did the preaching of a peasant carpenter from Galilee spark a movement that would grow to include over two billion followers? Who listened to this "good news," and who ignored it? Where did Chris… |
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Engaging Augustine on Romans
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Eugene TeSelle,Daniel Patte |
"Paula Frederiksen explores the ways that Augustine uses a literal interpretation of the Bible to understand the role of Israel, Jews, and Judaism in his theology of history. Thomas F. Martin uses Au… |
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The darkening age
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Catherine Nixey |
Offers a history of the rise of Christianity in the classical world that focuses on its terrible cost, in terms of violence and dogmatic intolerance, that helped bring upon the dark ages.
"A bold ne… |
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In search of Paul
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Jonathan L. Reed,John Dominic Crossan |
Presents archaeological evidence and historical analysis to answer questions about Paul and the early Christians, contending that Paul worked for justice and equality against the oppressive power of … |
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Slandering the Jew
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Susanna Drake |
As Christian leaders in the first through fifth centuries embraced ascetic interpretations of the Bible and practices of sexual renunciation, sexual slander--such as the accusations Paul leveled agai… |
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Light from the Gentiles
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Abraham J. Malherbe |
Rather than viewing the Graeco-Roman world as the "background" against which early Christian texts should be read, Abraham J. Malherbe saw the ancient Mediterranean world as a rich ecology of diverse… |
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Jesus and After
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E. Bruce Brooks |
1 online resource (191 pages) |
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Paul and economics
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Raymond Pickett,Thomas R. Blanton IV |
1 online resource |
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Deconstructing Jesus
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Robert M. Price |
From the Inside Flap
In *Deconstructing Jesus*, author Robert M. Price argues that liberal Protestant scholars who produce reconstructions of the "historical Jesus" are, as Albert Schweitzer point… |
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The apostles' doctrine and fellowship
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Cornelius J. Jaenen |
A detailed description (as much as it could be) about Christianism - from Jesus' days till our days.
Very good investigation from many different sources, shows the route of Christ's Way through the… |
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Always Reforming
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Craig D. Atwood |
"Always Reforming highlights the fact that in the modern era the notion of heresy has fallen apart. Every church has been declared heretical at some time or other by another church, and it is not the… |
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