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Modelling Early Christianity

Social-Scientific Studies of the New Testament in its Context

  • Hardback
  • 368 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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Explores the fascinating and foreign social context of first century Palestine and the Greco-Roman East, in which the Chrstian faith was first proclaimed and the New Testament written, so enabling a better understanding of the texts.

Modelling Early Christianity explores the intriguing foreign social context of first century Palestine and the Greco-Roman East, in which the Christian faith was first proclaimed and the New Testament documents were written. It demonstrates that a sophisticated analysis of the context is essential in order to understand the original meaning of the texts.
The contributors examine social themes such as early Christian group formation, the centrality of kinship and honour and the economic setting. They offer a wealth of novel and socially realistic interpretations which make sense of the texts. At the same time, Modelling Early Christianity contains significant new ideas on the relationship between social-scientific and literary-critical analysis, the theoretical justification for model-use and the way these new approaches can fertilise contemporary Christian theology

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  • Title

    Modelling Early Christianity

  • Author

    Philip F. Esler

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    December 1995

  • Editor

    Philip Esler

  • Weight

    691g

  • Page Count

    368

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415129800

  • ISBN-10

    041512980X

  • Eden Code

    1007148

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