Resetting the origins of Christianity : a new theory of sources and beginnings / Markus Vinzent, King's College London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinzent, Markus, author.

Contributor:

Vinzent, Markus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xvi, 401 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"How do we know what we know about the origins of the Christian religion? Neither its founder, nor the Apostles, nor Paul left any written accounts of their movement. The witnesses' testimonies were transmitted via successive generations of copyists and historians, with the oldest surviving fragments dating to the second and third centuries - that is, to well after Jesus' death. In this innovative and important book, Markus Vinzent interrogates standard interpretations of Christian origins handed down over the centuries. He scrutinizes - in reverse order - the earliest recorded sources from the sixth to the second century, showing how the works of Greek and Latin writers reveal a good deal more about their own times and preoccupations than they do about early Christianity. In so doing, the author boldly challenges understandings of one of the most momentous social and religious movements in history, as well as its reception over time and place"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Revised and expanded translation of authors's Offener Anfang.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Vinzent, Markus. Offener Anfang.

Other Format:

Online version: Vinzent, Markus. Resetting the origins of Christianity

ISBN:

9781009290487

1009290487

9781009290517

1009290517

OCLC:

1337154866

Publisher Number:

99993273059