UID:
almahu_9948022231502882
Format:
1 online resource (xlv, 740 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139054836 (ebook)
Series Statement:
The Cambridge history of Christianity
Content:
The first of the nine volume Cambridge History of Christianity series, Origins to Constantine provides a comprehensive overview of the essential events, persons, places and issues involved in the emergence of the Christian religion in the Mediterranean world in the first three centuries. Over thirty essays written by scholarly experts trace this dynamic history from the time of Jesus through to the rise of Imperial Christianity in the fourth century. It provides thoughtful and well-documented analyses of the diverse forms of Christian community, identity and practice that arose within decades of Jesus's death, and which through missionary efforts were soon implanted throughout the Roman Empire. Origins to Constantine examines the distinctive characteristics of Christian groups in each geographical region up to the end of the third century, while also exploring the development of the institutional forms, intellectual practices and theological formulations that would mark Christian history in subsequent centuries.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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Galilee and Judaea in the first century /
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The Jewish diaspora /
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The Roman empire /
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Jewish Christianity /
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Gentile Christianity /
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Johannine Christianity /
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Social and ecclesial life of the earliest Christians /
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The emergence of the written record /
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Marcion and the 'canon' /
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Self-definition vis-à-vis the Jewish matrix /
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Self-definition vis-à-vis the Graeco-Roman world /
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Self-differentiation among Christian groups : the Gnostics and their opponents /
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Truth and tradition : Irenaeus /
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The self-defining praxis of the developing ecclēsia /
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From Jerusalem to the ends of the earth /
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Overview : the geographical spread of Christianity /
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Asia Minor and Achaea /
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Egypt /
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Syria and Mesopotamia /
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Gaul /
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North Africa /
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Rome /
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Institutions in the pre-Constantinian ecclēsia /
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Monotheism and creation /
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Monotheism and Christology /
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Ecclesiology forged in the wake of persecution /
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Towards a Christian paideia /
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Persecutions : genesis and legacy /
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Church and state up to c.300 CE /
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Constantine and the 'peace of the church' /
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The first Council of Nicaea /
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Towards a Christian material culture /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521812399
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521812399
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