Backgrounds of Early Christianity

Author: Everett Ferguson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802822215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676

Book Description
New to this expanded & updated edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, & a fresh dicussion of first century social life, the Dead Sea Scrolls & much else.

Early Christians Speak

Author: Everett Ferguson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description

Baptism in the Early Church

Author: Everett Ferguson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802827489
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 988

Book Description
A comprehensive survey of the doctrine and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian history, arranged geographically within chronological periods.

The Pagan Background of Early Christianity

Author: William Reginald Halliday
Publisher: Health Research Books
ISBN: 9780787304164
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
1925 Contents: Preface; Introductory; Administration, Municipalities, Guilds; Communications; society and Social Ethics; Eastern and Western Elements in Graeco-Roman Civilisation; the Decline of Rationalism; Union with God and the Immortality of.

Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament

Author: J. Julius Jr. Scott
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1585583014
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 399

Book Description
This survey of intertestamental Judaism illuminates the customs and controversies that provide essential background for understanding the New Testament. Scott opens a door into the Jewish world and literature leading up to the development of Christianity. He also offers an accessible overview of the data through helpful charts, maps, and diagrams incorporated throughout the text to engage his readers.

The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era

Author: James S. Jeffers
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830878025
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
James S. Jeffers provides an informative tour of the various facets of the Roman world--class and status, family and community, work and leisure, religion and organization, city and country, law and government, death and taxes, and the events of Roman history.

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity

Author: Everett Ferguson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136611584
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1253

Book Description
First published in 1997. What's new in the Second Edition: Some 250 new entries, twenty-five percent more than in the first edition, plus twenty-five new expert contributors. Bibliographies are greatly expanded and updated throughout; More focus on biblical books and philosophical schools, their influence on early Christianity and their use by patristic writers; More information about the Jewish and pagan environment of early Christianity; Greatly enlarged coverage of the eastern expansion of the faith throughout Asia, including persons and literature; More extensive treatment of saints, monasticism, worship practices, and modern scholars; Greater emphasis on social history and more theme articles; More illustrations, maps, and plans; Additional articles on geographical regions; Expanded chronological table; Also includes maps.

Handbook of Early Christianity

Author: Anthony J. Blasi
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759100152
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 844

Book Description
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Early Christianity

Author: Ian Hazlett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Women in the World of the Earliest Christians

Author: Lynn Cohick
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441207996
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their religious communities, their influence was not always identified by leadership titles nor did their gender always determine their level of participation. The book corrects our understanding of early Christian women by offering an authentic and descriptive historical picture of their lives. Includes black-and-white illustrations from the ancient world.