Origins to Constantine / edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young ; assistant editor K. Scott Bowie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, Margaret M., 1956-

Young, Frances M. (Frances Margaret)

Bowie, K. Scott.

Series:

Cambridge history of Christianity ; v. 1.

Cambridge history of Christianity ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xlv, 740 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Over thirty essays provide a comprehensive overview of the essential events, persons, places and issues involved in the emergence of the Christian religion in the Mediterranean world over the first three centuries. The collection traces the dynamic history from the time of Jesus through to the rise of Imperial Christianity in the fourth century. It provides a thoughtful and well-documented analysis of the diverse forms of Christian community, identity and practice that arose soon after Jesus's death, and which through missionary efforts were soon implanted throughout the Roman Empire.

Contents:

Prelude: Jesus Christ, foundation of Christianity / Frances M. Young

Galilee and Judaea in the first century / Sean Freyne

The Jewish diaspora / Tessa Rajak

The Roman empire / Hans Josef Klauck

Jewish Christianity / Joel Marcus

Gentile Christianity / Margaret M. Mitchell

Johannine Christianity / Harold W. Attridge

Social and ecclesial life of the earliest Christians / Wayne A. Meeks

The emergence of the written record / Margaret M. Mitchell

Marcion and the 'canon' / Harry Y. Gamble

Self-definition vis-à-vis the Jewish matrix / Judith Lieu

Self-definition vis-à-vis the Graeco-Roman world / A. J. Droge

Self-differentiation among Christian groups: the Gnostics and their opponents / David Brakke

Truth and tradition: Irenaeus / Denis Minns

The self-defining praxis of the developing ecclēsia / Carolyn Osiek

From Jerusalem to the ends of the earth / Margaret M. Mitchell

Overview: the geographical spread of Christianity / Frank Trombley

Asia Minor and Achaea / Christine Trevett

Egypt / Birger A. Pearson

Syria and Mesopotamia / Susan Ashbrook Harvey

Gaul / John Behr

North Africa / Maureen A. Tilley

Rome / Markus Vinzent

Institutions in the pre-Constantinian ecclēsia / Stuart George Hall

Monotheism and creation / Gerhard May

Monotheism and Christology / Frances M. Young

Ecclesiology forged in the wake of persecution / Stuart George Hall

Towards a Christian paideia / Frances M. Young

Persecutions: genesis and legacy / W. H. C. Frend

Church and state up to c. 300 CE / Adolf Martin Ritter

Constantine and the 'peace of the church' / Averil Cameron

The first Council of Nicaea / Mark Edwards

Towards a Christian material culture / Robin M. Jensen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-682) and index.

ISBN:

0521812399

OCLC:

60373632

Publisher Number:

9780521812399