Christian Beginnings

Informationen zum Autor Geza Vermes Klappentext Geza Vermes was born in Hungary in 1924. He studied in Budapest and Louvain, and was the first Professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford. He is one of the world's greatest experts on early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of early Christianity and the origins of a religion. This title illuminates the origins of faith and traces the evolution of the figure of Jesus from the man he was. It pulls apart myths and misunderstandings to focus on the true figure of Jesus, and the birth of one of the world's major religions.

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The subject is not exactly the Christian Church, which makes an appearance effectively only half way through the text; it is Jesus - what he was, what he said he was, and what Christians said about him after his crucifixion. For anyone puzzling over such questions, this is an exciting and challenging port of call, sweeping aside much of the fuzzy thinking and special pleading that bedevils the study of sacred scripture ... [a] courteously expressed and witty little book Diarmaid MacCulloch The Times

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dr Geza Vermes, Geza Vermes
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9780141037998
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103799-8
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: PENGUIN PRESS
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; HISTORY / Ancient / General, History of Religion, Ancient History, Christian institutions & organizations, Church history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Religious institutions and organizations