Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity A History of New Testament Times

Name: Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity A History of New Testament Times
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ISBN: 9780830826995

ISBN-10: 0830826998

ISBN-13: 9780830826995

Edition: 1999

Authors: Paul W. Barnett

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The pathway to understanding the New Testament leads through the vibrant landscape of the first-century Greco-Roman world. The New Testament is rooted in the concrete historical events of that world.In Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity Paul Barnett not only places the New Testament within that world of caesars and Herods, proconsuls and Pharisees, Sadducees and revolutionaries, but argues that the mainspring and driving force of early Christian history is the historical Jesus. We cannot understand the rise of Christianity apart from this Jesus, the messiah of Israel and the spiritual and intellectual impact he had on his immediate followers and those who succeeded them.From his…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 4/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Barnett (Ph.D., London University), was until his retirement Anglican bishop of North Sydney, Australia. He remains a visiting fellow in ancient history at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) and research professor at Regent College (Vancouver, British Columbia). He has written several books.



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Preface



The New Testament as History



New Testament Chronology



History and Myth



The Impact of Christ



The Hellenistic Background to Jesus



Herod, Idumaean, King of the Jews



Jesus' Birth & Boyhood



Jesus' Context: Galilee & Peraea



Jesus' Context: Judea



The Search for the historical Pontius Pilate



Jesus of Nazareth (c. 29-33)



Working Assumptions



The Criterion of Dissimilarity



Did Jesus Make Claims to Deity?



Resurrection, Exaltation & the Spirit



The Community of the Messiah in Jerusalem



The Use of Acts 1-5 for Historical Reconstruction



The Scattering of the Community & the Conversion of Saul (c. 34/35)



Peter in Palestine (33-47)



The Apostolate of Saul in the "Unknown Years" (c. 34-47)



Paul's Mission Strategy According to Rainer Riesner



Jews, Proselytes and God-fearers



The Inclusion of the Gentiles (47-49)



An Early Dating for Galations



The Missionary Agreement and the Jerusalem Council



James, Cephas & John



Paul's Later Ministry (c. 50-65)



Churches & Evangelists (33-100)



The Four Gospels



The Kindgom of Christ



Epilogue



The Birth of Christianity According to J. Dominic Crossan


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