Christian origins
By: Richard A. Horsley, editor.
Contributors: Horsley, Richard A.
Series: A people's history of Christianity ;; v. 1
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Description: Dealing with a time when followers of Jesus were moving toward separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this volume of A People's History of Christianity tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources. Of particular interest are the often-overlooked aspects of the earliest "Christian" consciousness: How, for example, did they manage to negotiate allegiances to two social groups? How did they deal with crucial issues of wealth and poverty? What about the participation of slaves and women in these communities? How did living in the shadow of the Roman empire color their religious experience and economic values?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jesus movements and the renewal of Israel / Richard A. Horsley; title: Why peasants responded to Jesus / William R. Herzog II; title: Women's history from birth-prophecy stories / Antoinette Clark Wire; title: Turning the tables on Jesus : the Mandaean view / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley; title: Conflict in Corinth / Ray Pickett; title: Matthew's people / Warren Carter; title: The Gospel of John as people's history / Allen Dwight Callahan; title: Disciplining the hope of the poor in ancient Rome / Neil Elliott; title: Family matters / Carolyn Osiek; title: The eyes have it : slaves in the communities of Christ-believers / Clarice J. Martin; title: Injustice or God's will : explanations of poverty in four proto-Christian texts / Steven J. Friesen; title: Prophets, prophetic movements, and the voices of women / Barbara R. Rossing.