A handbook to second-century Christianity / Michael F. Bird and Scott Harrower, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bird, Michael F., editor.

Harrower, Scott D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--2nd century.

Church history.

Church history--2nd century--Sources.

Church history--Sources.

Physical Description:

xxix, 678 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"An examination of the literature, material culture, and prominent persons of second-century Christianity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Christian second century: Energetic innovations and legacies / Scott Harrower

Defining and writing early Christianity: An introduction to the second century: Reading God, reading books, reading others / D. Jeffrey BIngham

Second-century Christian women / Edwina Murphy

Gallic, Greek, Asian, and unknown texts / Kirsten H. Mackerras and Jonathon Lookadoo

Apologists, heresiologists, and first theologians: Preliminary issues, the city of Rome

Antioch, Smyrna, Alexandria / Scott Harrower

Emerging diversity: "Other" Christianities / David A. Evans and Paul McKechnie

Jewish responses and pagan references to Christianity / Warren Campbell and David Lincicum

The Christian second century in retrospect: The second century in the fourth: Eusebius and the codification of Christian history / Michael J. Svigel

The New Testament in the second century: Chronology and the emergence of Christian scripture / Michael F. Bird

The spectrum of early Christian texts: Early Christian letters: Building community, building faith / Janelle Peters

The Nag Hammadi Codices: A window into the plurality of early Christianity / CHristine Jacobi

Jesus books, gospel fragments, and gospel harmonies: Rewriting the Jesus tradition / Markus Bockmuehl and Jacob A. Rodriguez

Second-century apocalypses: The proliferation of a contested genre / Jorg Frey

Early apocryphal acts of the apostles: Remembered origins / Tobias Nicklas

Martyrologies: A witness to theological formation / Lynn H. Cohick and Samuel S. Cho

Didactic and pastoral writings: The pedagogy of faith / Jonathan Lookadoo

Producing the Christian culture: Apostolic texts as scripture in the second century: Their significance and authority / Eckhard J. Schnabel

Christian papyri and literary culture / Paul Foster

New Testament manuscripts (possible) from the second century / Michael J. Kruger

Lost (and found) second-century Christian writings / Stephen C. Carlson

Practicing the Christian life: The rule of faith and the emerging Symbolum Apostolorum: Origin, function, structure / Tomas Bokedal

Sources of second-century worship: Initiation, ritual, participation / Daniel Cardó and Elizabeth Klein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Second-century Christianity

ISBN:

9781481314152

1481314157

OCLC:

1513368756

Publisher Number:

CIPO000296613