Trajectories Through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers - the Apostolic Fathers

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Gregory is Research Fellow, Keble College, Oxford, and Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology.Christopher Tuckett is Professor of New Testament Studies and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. Klappentext The two-volume work The New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers offers a comparative study of two collections of early Christian texts: the New Testament; and the texts, from immediately after the New Testament period, which are conventionally referred to as the Apostolic Fathers. The second volume, Trajectories through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers, discusses broad theological, literary, and historical issues that arise in the comparative study of these texts, and which are of importance to the study of early Christianity. It deals with the most important current debates concerning both the Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament, such as baptism, Pauline theology, the function of apocalyptic elements, Church order, and Jewish and Christian identity. Zusammenfassung Offers a comparative study of two collections of early Christian texts: the "New Testament"; and the "Apostolic Fathers". This second volume deals with the important debates concerning these texts such as baptism, Pauline theology, the function of apocalyptic elements, Church order, and Jewish and Christian identity.

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Offers a comparative study of two collections of early Christian texts: the "New Testament"; and the "Apostolic Fathers". This second volume deals with the important debates concerning these texts such as baptism, Pauline theology, the function of apocalyptic elements, Church order, and Jewish and Christian identity.

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• Authors: Andrew (Research Fellow Gregory, Andrew F. Gregory, Andrew Tuckett Gregory
• Assisted by: Andrew Gregory (Editor), Andrew (Research Fellow Gregory (Editor), Gregory Andrew (Editor), Christopher Tuckett (Editor), Christopher (Professor of New Testament Studies and Fellow of Pembroke College Tuckett (Editor), Christopher M. Tuckett (Editor), Tuckett Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780199267835
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926783-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: New Testament and the Apostoli; New Testament and the Apostoli
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, The Early Church