After Jesus before Christianity A historical exploration of the first two centuries of Jesus movements
Book - 2021
"From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination"--
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[New York] :
HarperOne
[2021]
- Language
- English
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- Item Description
- Foreword by Sue Monk Kidd.
- Physical Description
- xxii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9780063062153
- Foreword
- How This Book Came Into Being
- Contributors
- 1. The Experiment
- 2. If Not Christian, What?
- Part I. Living with the Empire
- 3. Engine of Empire: Violence
- 4. Gospel of Empire, Gospel of Jesus
- 5. Violence in Stone
- 6. The Deaths of Heroes
- Part II. Belonging and Community
- 7. Testing Gender, Testing Boundaries
- 8. Forming New Identities Through Gender
- 9. Belonging to Israel
- 10. Experimental Families
- 11. Join the Club
- 12. Feasting and Bathing
- Part III. Real Variety, Fictional Unity
- 13. Inventing Orthodoxy Through Heresy
- 14. Demolishing Gnosticism
- 15. Paul Obscured
- 16. Jesus by Many Other Names
- Part IV. Falling Into Writing
- 17. Hiding in Plain Sight
- 18. Romancing the Martyr
- 19. Better than a New Testament?
- 20. Conclusion
- Notes
- Ancient Writings in Translation: A Guide
