Primitive Christianity - A Survey of Recent Studies and Some New Proposals

This is a critical account of the state-of-the-art of scholarship in earliest Christianity, and where and how it should move forward. It offers an authoritative account of contemporary scholarship and evaluates the work of all major scholars in the field, from Britain, America and around the world, as well as a critical analysis of all the published writings in Early Christianity over the last 25 years of the 20th century. Gerd Ludemann evaluates all the contributions and defines the most significant areas for future research.>

Summary

This is a critical account of the state-of-the-art of scholarship in earliest Christianity, and where and how it should move forward. It offers an authoritative account of contemporary scholarship and evaluates the work of all major scholars in the field, from Britain, America and around the world, as well as a critical analysis of all the published writings in Early Christianity over the last 25 years of the 20th century. Gerd Lüdemann evaluates all the contributions and defines the most significant areas for future research.

Product details

• Authors: Gerd Ldemann, Gerd Ledemann, Gerd Ludemann, Gerd Lüdemann
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2003
• EAN: 9780567088109
• ISBN: 978-0-567-08810-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Geschichte der Religion, Vorzeit, Frühgeschichte vor Christi Geburt, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, BCE to c 500 CE, The Early Church, BCE period – Protohistory