Jesus and after : the first eighty years / E Bruce Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, E. Bruce (Ernest Bruce), 1936- author.

Series:

Studies in early Christianity

Studies in Early Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

191 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Amherst, Massachusetts] : Warring States Project, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2017.

Contents:

Alpha

1 The Promise to David (2 Samuel 7) 13

2 The Coming of John (Luke 1) 15

3 The Duty of Man (Micah 6) 17

4 The Six Commandments (Mark 10:19) 19

5 The Traditions of the Fathers (Mark 7) 21

6 The Sins of the Children (Mark 9 and 10) 23

7 Jairus' Daughter (Mark 5) 25

8 The Sermon by the Sea (Mark 4) 27

9 Friends and Family (Mark 3) 29

10 At Nazareth (Mark 6) 31

11 Approaching the Temple (Mark II and 14) 33

12 The Crucifixion (Mark 15) 35

13 The Rending of the Veil (Mark 15:38) 37

14 Maranatha (Didache 10) 39

15 The Churches (Jacob) 41

16 The Elders (Didache 6-12) 45

17 The Patrons (Mark 15:40-41) 49

18 The Departure of the Rich (Jacob 1-2 and 4-5) 51

19 The Virtue of Poverty (Mark 10) 53

Beta

20 Enter Paul (Galatians 1) 57

21 The Son of God (Mark 1, 9, and 15) 59

22 The Empty Tomb (Mark 15-16) 61

23 Paul's Conversion (Romans 7) 63

24 The Syrophoenician Woman (Mark 7) 65

25 The Jerusalem Ruling (Acts 15) 67

26 The Jerusalem Five (Acts 12) 69

27 Mark at Perga (Acts 13) 71

28 Baptism and the Spirit (Acts 18 and 19) 73

29 The Heavenly Jesus (Philippians 2) 75

30 A Letter to Philippi (Philippians 1-4) 77

31 Freeing Onesimus (Philemon) 81

32 Factions at Corinth (1 Cor I) 83

33 Alpha Fights Back (Roamans 3-4, Jacob 2) 85

34 The Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6) 87

35 The Golden Rule (Luke 6:31) 90

36 The Inscrutable Steward (Luke 16) 92

37 The Sermon on the Way (Luke 9-18) 95

38 Restoring the Law (Matthew 23:1-3a) 107

39 Woes Unto the Pharisees (Matthew 23) 109

Crisis

40 Yohanan ben Zakkai (Mishnah Rosh Hasshanah 4) 113

41 Including Alpha (Romans 1) 115

42 Preaching at Athens (Acts 17) 117

43 The Question of Women (1 Cor 11) 119

44 The Fullness of God (Colossians 1) 121

45 Principalities and Powers (Colossians 2) 123

46 The Bishops (Titus 1 and 2) 125

47 A Baptismal Homily (1 Peter) 127

48 Toleration in the Synagogues (Mishnah Yadayim 4) 133

49 A Hymn to the Light (Ephesians 5) 135

50 Light and Life (John 1) 137

51 The Wedding at Cana (John 2) 139

52 An Alpha Statement (1 John, original) 141

53 A Beta Appropriation (1 John, expanded) 145

54 A Beta Refusal (2 John) 151

55 An Alpha Response (3 John) 153

Division

56 Expulsion from the Synagogues (Babli Berakhot 28) 157

57 Rejecting Judaism (Acts 28) 159

58 The Last Farewell (John 16) 161

59 Emergency in Pontus (1 Peter 1 and 4) 163

60 Troubles at Rome (1 Clement 1) 165

61 The Assertion of Control (1 Clement 5-6) 167

62 The Inner Quest (Gospel of Thomas 1-12) 169

63 A Hymn at Daybreak (Odes of Solomon 15) 171

64 Finding Rest (Odes of Solomon 38) 173

65 Once More in Pontes (Pliny Letter 96) 175

66 In Later Times (Arius of Alexandria) 178

Afterword 180.

ISBN:

9781936166671

1936166674

9781936166275

1936166275

OCLC:

1008776233

Publisher Number:

99975437518