Christian Beginnings: Word and Community from Jesus to Post-Apostolic Times

Book Overview

This book starts with a general introduction by Jurgen Becker, and continues with a study of the interaction of Jesus with the world around him by Christoph Burchard. Varieties of early Christianity are illuminated in an examination of the oldest Jewish-Christian community by Carsten Colpe; "The Circle of Stephen and Its Mission," by Karl Loning; and "Paul and His Churches," by Jurgen Becker. Starting from the gospels, John K. Riches explores "The Synoptic Evangelists and Their Communities." "Post-Pauline Christianity and Pagan society" are analyzed by Peter Lampe and Ulrich Luz. "Apocalyptic Currents" are reviewed by Ulrich B. Muller, and finally C. Kingsley Barrett delineates "Johannine Christianity."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664251951
• ISBN13: 9780664251956
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"