Christian Beginnings

Download or read book Christian Beginnings written by Geza Vermes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history, but also one of the most enigmatic and little understood, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding. Through a forensic, brilliant reexamination of all the key surviving texts of early Christianity, Geza Vermes illuminates the origins of a faith and traces the evolution of the figure of Jesus from the man he was—a prophet recognizable as the successor to other Jewish holy men of the Old Testament—to what he came to represent: a mysterious, otherworldly being at the heart of a major new religion. As Jesus's teachings spread across the eastern Mediterranean, hammered into place by Paul, John, and their successors, they were transformed in the space of three centuries into a centralized, state-backed creed worlds away from its humble origins. Christian Beginnings tells the captivating story of how a man came to be hailed as the Son consubstantial with God, and of how a revolutionary, anticonformist Jewish subsect became the official state religion of the Roman Empire. /div

Download or read book Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls written by John J. Collins and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines some of the major issues that the Dead Sea Scrolls have raised for the study of early Christianity.

Download or read book The Myth of Christian Beginnings written by Robert L. Wilken and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this challenging and vividly written book Dr. Wilken shows that there never was a golden age in the Christian past. Christian hope did not come to fulfillment in the age of apostles, nor in the time of Constantine, nor in the Middle Ages, nor during the Reformation, nor in the revivals of the 19th century, nor in the movements of renewal in our own time. The history of Christianity is a story of imperfection and fragmentation, but also a history of hoping and striving for an end that cannot be seen yet bears on the present. With lively examples from the Christian past Wilken shows that change has been an abiding feature of Christian tradition. Often those who proposed new ways of thinking and acted in unexpected ways turned out to be more faithful than those who repeated the old formulas. As much as the past may give specificity and concreteness to renewal in the present Christian hope is set on things that are yet to be.

Download or read book America's Christian History written by Gary DeMar and published by American Vision. This book was released on 2005 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the founding of the colonies to the declaration of the Supreme Court, America's heritage is built upon the principles of the Christian religion. And yet the secularists are dismantling this foundation brick by brick, attempting to deny the very core of our national life. Gary DeMar presents well-documented facts which will change your perspective about what it means to be a Christian in America; the truth about America's Christian past as it relates to supreme court justices, and presidents; the Christian character of colonial charters, state constitutions, and the US Constitution; the Christian foundation of colleges, the Christian character of Washington, D.C.; the origin of Thanksgiving and so much more."--Publisher's description

Download or read book Judaism and Christian Beginnings written by Samuel Sandmel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1978 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Samuel Sandmel traces the history, institutions and ideas of Judaism from 200 B.C. to 175 A.D. Drawing on sources ranging from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the Rabbinic literature, the histories of Josephus, and the Qumran scrolls to the Epistles of Paul, the Gospels and, the Acts of the Apostles, he documents the growth of Synagogue Judaism and its influence on the early Christian Church.

Download or read book Rose Book of Bible and Christian History Time Lines written by Rose Publishing and published by Rose Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose Book of Bible and Christian History Time Lines is one of the top Bible time lines sold through Christian bookstores. It includes 20 feet of time lines in one beautiful hard-bound book! Compare Bible history, world history, and Middle Eastern rulers and empires side by side. Then unfold this giant Bible time line poster and put it up on the wall or down the church hallway. This dramatic timeline is guaranteed to grab people's attention in Bible study and adult Sunday school. This incredible Bible time line not only covers events from Genesis to Revelation, it also covers all of church history, including the expansion of Christianity and the persecution of Christians around the world, as well as the history of Bible translation. The Rose Book of Bible and Christian History Time Lines is printed on heavy chart paper and can be taken out of the book and unfolded out to full length. See the comparison chart below to see why Rose Book of Bible and Christian History Time Lines is one of the best available. 10-Foot-Long Bible Time Line Includes: Hundreds of key people and events from Genesis to RevelationEvents from world history and Middle Eastern history to give you a comparisonDates of kings, prophets, battles, births, and deathsColorful photos and illustrationsLarger print than most time lines 10-Foot-Long Church History Time Line Includes: Beginning with the life of Jesus, all of the major events through modern dayMore than 300 key people and events that all Christians should knowEmphasis on world missions, the expansion of Christianity, and Bible translation in other languagesPacked with colorful photos Sample comparisons of Bible history and world history side by side. This indispensable Bible study tool is a great addition for any church resource library, Christian school, or homeschoolers classroom.

Download or read book Clement of Alexandria and the Beginnings of Christian Apophaticism written by Henny Fiska Hägg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-06-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can humans know God? Eastern Orthodox theology affirms that we cannot know God in his essence, but may know him through his energies. Henny Fiska Hägg investigates the beginnings of Christian negative (apophatic) theology, focusing on Clement of Alexandria in the late second century.