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The New Testament : a literary history / Gerd Theissen ; translated by Linda M. Maloney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theissen, Gerd.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. New Testament--History.
- Bible.
- Bible. New Testament--Canon.
- Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gerd Theissen describes the emergence of the New Testament canon out of the wide variety of early Christian literature, drawing on Max Weber's discussion of the evolution of religious organizations. Theissen describes a series of phases in the life of the early Christian movement: the charismatic, the "pseudepigraphic," the "functional," and the "canonical."
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The twofold beginnings of a history of early Christian literature
- pt. 2. The fictive self-interpretations of Paul and Jesus : the pseudepigraphic phase
- pt. 3. The authority of the independent forms : the functional phase
- pt. 4. The New Testament on its way to becoming a religious world literature : the canonical phase.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4514-0868-4
- OCLC:
- 845253021
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