Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Christian Contexts
Subtitle: Reconsidering the Bauer Thesis
Publisher: PICKWICK Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781610975049
Description: "Although recognizing the importance of Bauer's critical insights, innovative methodologies, and fruitful suggestions, the contributors expose numerous claims of the Bauer thesis (in both original and recent manifestations) that fall short of the historical evidence." --Cover.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: List of Contributors; title: Introduction / Paul A. Hartog; title: The Bauer Thesis:  An Overview / Rodney J. Decker; title: Walter Bauer and the Apostolic Fathers / Paul A. Hartog; title: Post-Bauer  Scholarship on Gnosticism(s) :  The current State of Our "Knowledge" / Carl B. Smith; title: Bauer to Bauer and Beyond : Early Jewish Christianity and Modern Scholarship / William Varner; title: "Orthodoxy," "Heresy," and Complexity : Montanism as a  Case Study / Rex D. Butler; title: Apostolic Tradition and the Rule of Faith in Light of the Bauer Thesis / Bryan M. Litfin; title: Bauer's Forgotten Region :  North African Christianity / David C. Alexander, Edward L. Smither; title: Patristic Heresiology : The Difficulties of Reliability and Legitimacy / W. Brian Shelton; title: Bauer's Early Christian Rome and the Development of "Orthodoxy" / Glen L. Thompson; title: From Völker to this Volume : A Trajectory of Critiques and a Final Reflection / Paul A. Hartog; title: Bibliography