Institutions of the Emerging Church (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)
Overview
The contributors to this volume address the key institutions of the first and second Church, considering the development of rituals and sacraments, and the development of Church leadership, and of the Church itself.
The first part of the book looks at the offices of the Church—the Apostolate and the development of other religious authorities—as well as the notion of Apostolic Tradition. The second part looks at the sacraments, with in-depth consideration of the Eucharist, and of Baptismal texts from the early Church. The essays are of interest to scholars researching the development of the early Church and of Church rituals and practices.
Key Features
- Examines the the ecclesiology and institutions of the first- and second-century church
- Explores the apostolate in the early church
- Covers related topics of baptism, eucharist, and covenant
Contents
- Introduction
- The apostate in the early church: from Luke-Acts to the Pauline tradition
- “Hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us”: The Notion of a Common Apostolic Tradition in the Pauline letters
- The religious authorities in the Corpus Paulinum
- A new life to live: Baptismal texts from the second and third generation church
- The Eucharist in Paul and in Hebrews
- The Eucharist in the letters of Ignatius of Antioch
- The People of God
Contributors
- Sven-Olav Back
- Samuel Byrskog
- Reidar Hvalvik
- Erkki Koskenniemi
- Lars Hartman
- Jostein Ådna
- Sven-Olav Back
- Tord Fornberg
Praise for the Print Edition
Institutions of the Emerging Church has my unqualified endorsement…the eminently admirable methodology, the many provocative theses the essays present, and the perfectly lucid readability of the collection ought to be enough to recommend the volume to any serious scholar of early Christianity. I myself am deeply grateful to the authors for their excellent contribution to early Christian scholarship
—Reading Religion
Product Details
- Title: Institutions of the Emerging Church
- Editors: Sven-Olav Back and Erkki Koskenniemi
- Series: Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS)
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Publication Date: 2016
- Pages: 208
- Resource Type: Collected Essays
- Topic: Early Church
About the Editors
Sven-Olav Back is a member of the Theology Faculty at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
Erkki Koskenniemi is adjunct professor of Biblical Studies at Abo Akademi University, Finland. He is author of The Old Testament Miracle-Workers in Early Judaism (2005) and The Exposure of Infants among Jews and Christians in Antiquity (2009).