Early Christianity
A Brief History
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 5 November 2009
- ISBN 9780195138559
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 240x195x18 mm
- Weight 659 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 10 black and white half tone, 8 line illustrations 0
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A concise, accessible introduction to the history of early Christianity, this text covers the development of the Christian church from its origin through the year 600. Equally suited to beginning and more advanced students alike, the text opens with a discussion of the historical Jesus-what we know and how do we know it?-before moving on the discuss the Jewish and Roman world in which Christianity arose. The book moves on chronologically into four Parts, charting the
progress of Christianity from fringe sect to dominant religion, down through the reign of Pope Gregory I. Interspersed are chapters on society and culture and the book closes with an epilogue on Muhammad and the rise of Islam. Excerpts and quotations from a wide variety of ancient sources-including
the New Testament, the Gospel of Thomas, the Didache, and the writing of Dio Chrysostom, Fronto, and Tactitus, among others-engage students and help to show them how historians learn about the ancient world. Each chapter ends with carefully selected suggestions for further readings, including both ancient and modern texts. Timelines accompany each Part and the book features eight custom-drawn maps.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Abbreviations and Signs
Non-Christian Sources about Jesus
Christian Sources about Jesus
Word-of-Mouth Good News
Written Good News
The Synoptic Problem
Mark and Matthew on Christology
Mark and Matthew on the Disciples
Jesus
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Timeline for First-Century Christianity
The Jews and Hellenization
The Temple
Synagogues
Ordinary Judaism in Palestine
Sects and Parties
Diaspora ("Dispersion')
Proselytes and God-Fearers
Roman Rule and the Jews
The Jewish War of 66-73
The Jewish War of 132-135
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Official Cults
Voluntary Cults
Rebirth at Eleusis
The Cult of Mithras
The Cult of Isis
The Cult of the Great Mother
Astrology, Oracles, Magicians
Philosophies
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Jewish Christianity
Jewish Christians and Gentile Converts
Jewish Christians and the Jewish Rebellions
Later Jewish Christianities
Gentile Christianities
Paul and Gentile Christians
Paul the Missionary
Paul the Theologian
Further Reading on Jewish Christianity
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Further Reading on Gentile Christianity
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Timeline for the Second and Third Centuries
A Note on Naming Christian Groups
Second-Century Diversity
Gnostic Christianities
Marcionite Christianity
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
One Bishop, Elders and Deacons/Deaconesses
Creeds and Rules of Faith
The Canon of Scripture
A Case Study: The New Prophecy
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Roman Law and the Christians
The "Crowd" and the Christians
The First Phase of Persecution (about 29 to about 250)
Nero and the Christians
Pliny and the Christians
Persecution at Lyons and Vienne
The Second Phase of Persecution (250-260)
The Emperor Decius (249-251)
The Emperor Valerian (253-260)
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Justin Martyr (about 100-about 165)
Origen (About 185-251)
Origen and the Scriptures
Origen the Theologian
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
The Baptized Faithful
The Catechumens ("Those under instructions")
Penitents, Apostates, Excommunicates
Christian Buildings Before Constantine
Christian Art Before Constantine
Worship Before Constantine
Baptism
Eucharist
Ordination
Christian Customs
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Timeline of Later Christianity
The Emperor Diocletian (ruled 284-305)
Constantine (ruled 306-337)
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Julian the "Apostate" (361-363)
The Dynasty of Theodosius I (379-455)
Pagans in the Christian Empire
Christian Heretics in the Christian Empire
Jews in the Christian Empire
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
The Local Bishop
The Bishops in Council
The Apostolic Bishoprics
The Bishop of Rome
The Emperor
The Eastern Empire: Continuity
The Western Empire: Discontinuity
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Schisms
The Origins of the Trinitarian Controversy
The Holy Spirit
The Survival of Arianism
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Nestorianism
Monophysitism
The Council of Chalcedon (451)
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Life in the Christian Empire
Timeline for Later Christianity
Liturgy
Church Buildings
Christian Time: The Liturgical Calendar
The Holy Dead
Pilgrimage
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Anthony (about 251-356)
Pachomius (290-345)
Basil of Caesarea (about 329-379)
Monasticism in the West
Benedict of Nursia (about 480-about 545)
Criticism of Ascetics
The Impact of Asceticism Within Christianity
A Case Study: Clergy, Laity and Sexual Activity
Marriage of the Clergy Before The Fourth Century
Marriage of the Clergy After The Fourth Century
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Ambrose (339-397)
Jerome (about 347-419)
Gregory of Nyssa (between 311 and 340-about 395)
Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Manichaeans
Donatists
Pelagius (about 350-about 425)
Pagans
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Conversion before the Fourth Century
Conversion after Constantine
Christianization after Constantine
Conversion in Hard Times
The Eastern Empire
The Western Empire
The Conversion of the Franks
Conversion outside the Empire's Borders
Armenia
Axum/Ethiopia
Ireland
Summary
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Bishop Gregory of Tours (573-593/594)
Pope Gregory I the Great (590-604)
John the Almsgiver, Patriarch of Alexandria (610-about 619)
Further Reading
Ancient Sources
Modern Works
Further Reading
