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The Religion of the Earliest Churches

Creating a Symbolic World

  • Paperback
  • 392 pages
  • Publisher: Fortress Press
  • 16.4 x 23.3 x 3 cm

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For scholars and students of early Christian studies

Clarifies the emergence of key beliefs about Jesus

You will gain deep insights into early church dynamics

This scholarly work explores the symbolic world of early Christianity.

In these distinguished Oxford lectures, Theissen picks up where he left off in The Historical Jesus (1998). Employing the notion of religion as a "cultural sign language which promises a gain in life by corresponding to an ultimate reality," he plots the emergence of Christianity as a religion, with elements of myth, ritual, ethics, and an emergent symbolic system. He expands upon the historical, social, and theological analysis of his earlier works to cover such issues as the relationship of Jesus to the earliest churches, power, possessions, interpretations of Jesus' death, and the separation of the church and synagogue.

Theissen's most complete and systematic treatment of early Christianity to date

Traces the gradual emergence of the most important beliefs about Jesus

Encompasses beliefs, ethics, ritual, and the origin of the New Testament canon in one synthesis

The Religion of the Earliest Churches and Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide
Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive GuideThe Religion of the Earliest Churches
  • Title

    The Religion of the Earliest Churches

  • Author

    Gerd Theissen

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Fortress Press

  • Published

    November 1999

  • Weight

    545g

  • Page Count

    392

  • Dimensions

    16.4 x 23.3 x 3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780800631796

  • ISBN-10

    080063179X

  • Eden Code

    4536240

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