Christian origins
By: Jonathan Knight.
Publisher: T & T Clark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9780567033499; 9780567033512
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity -- Origin; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity and other religions -- Judaism; Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity
Description: This is an introductory account of the emergence of Christianity as we know it today. Dealing with the Jewish background to Jesus and such crucial issues as the Synoptic problem, it provides a detailed account of the developing church up until the rise of the Gnostic movement in the second century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-434) and indexes.