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Revisiting the God-Fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity.
Bloomsbury Collections: Biblical Studies 2025 Available online
Bloomsbury Collections: Biblical Studies 2025- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, Thomas A., author.
- Series:
- Library of New Testament studies.
- The Library of New Testament Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Church history.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : T&T Clark, 2025.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This volume examines the theory, evidence, and trail of scholarly work on god-fearers, for substantial revisions in the depiction of the god-fearer phenomenon and in the story of early Christianity.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Untitled
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustration
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: The Making of the God-fearer Theory
- The Importance of God-fearers for Christian History
- Problems and Questions
- A Little History
- Did God-fearers Form a Distinctive and Recognizable Group?
- The Importance and the Problem of Acts
- Chapter 2: Defining the God-fearer
- Finding the Boundaries
- Luke and God-fearers
- The Search for Terms
- Luke's Terms
- φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν / σεβόμενος τὸν θεόν
- θεοσεβής (theosebēs)
- Sympathizer
- From Concept to Term
- The Failed Quest
- Chapter 3: Social and Economic Status of God-fearers
- High-Status God-fearers and Christianity
- Taking the Measure of Status and Wealth
- God-fearers and the Elite
- God-fearers and the Elite-Wannabes
- God-fearers and the Poor
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: God-fearers and the Synagogue
- Judaism in a Pagan World
- Pagan Association with Jews and Judaism
- The Second-Class Status of God-fearers
- Keeping the Loyalty of the God-fearers
- Chapter 5: God-fearers and the Septuagint
- The Intellectual Acumen of God-fearers
- Christians and the Septuagint
- Paul's Letters and the Septuagint
- The Raw Pagan
- Chapter 6: God-fearers and the Christian Option
- God-fearer Interest in Christianity
- The Jewish Option versus the Christian Option
- Opposition from the Synagogue and from God-fearers
- The Opportunity to Hear the Christian Message
- The Matter of First Contact
- The Lack of God-fearers in Christian Leadership
- Chapter 7: Circumcision and a Pork Roast
- Selling the Christian Story
- Paul and Circumcision
- If Not Circumcision, What Then?
- The Message and the Miraculous
- Chapter 8: From Acts to the Readers of Acts
- The Readers' Knowledge of the Septuagint.
- Verisimilitude and the Reader's World
- Chapter 9: Summary
- Appendices
- A. Unpacking Evidence
- From Event to Story
- The Audience Factor
- B. The Inscriptions from Aphrodisias
- C. The Theater Seats in Miletus
- D. The Witness of Josephus
- E. The Witness of Philo
- F. The Witness of Juvenal
- G. The Witness of Epictetus
- G. The Witness of Seneca the Younger (10 BCE-65 CE)
- I. The Hypsistos Cult
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-567-72232-5
- 0-567-72231-7
- OCLC:
- 1532830483
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