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Christian beginnings : from Nazareth to Nicaea / Geza Vermes.

Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013.
2013
270.1 V523c 2013
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Title
Christian beginnings : from Nazareth to Nicaea / Geza Vermes.
Author
Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013.
ISBN
9780300191608
030019160X
Imprint
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 271 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Call Number
270.1 V523c 2013
System Control No.
(OCoLC)813393401
(OCoLC)813393401
Summary
The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history, but also one of the most enigmatic and little understood, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding. With a forensic, brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts of early Christianity, Geza Vermes illuminates the origins of a faith and traces the evolution of the figure of Jesus from the man he was - a prophet fully recognisable as the successor to other Jewish holy men of the Old Testament - to what he came to represent: a mysterious, otherworldly being at the heart of a major new religion.
Note
Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2012.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-256) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Charismatic Judaism from Moses to Jesus
The charismatic religion of Jesus
Nascent charismatic Christianity
The Christianity of Paul
Johannine Christianity
The Didache and Barnabas
The Apostolic Fathers : 1 and 2 Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Hermas and Diognetus
Apologists and theologians of the second century : Justin, Melito and Irenaeus
Three pillars of wisdom : Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria and Origen
Nicaea : Eusebius of Caesarea, Arius and Constantine
From charisma to dogma : a bird's eye view.
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