Overview
This is a critical account of the state-of-the-art of scholarship in earliest Christianity, and where and how it should move forward. It offers an authoritative account of contemporary scholarship and evaluates the work of all major scholars in the field, from Britain, America and around the world, as well as a critical analysis of all the published writings in Early Christianity over the last 25 years of the 20th century. Gerd Lüdemann evaluates all the contributions and defines the most significant areas for future research.
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This resource is also available as part of the Church Origins Collection
Key Features
- An essential resource for understanding the current state of scholarship on the Early Church
- Goes beyond the basic survey and also provides an detailed and critical analysis
- Includes detailed indexes and a superbly extensive bibliography
Contents
- An Overview of the Demarcation of Primitive Christianity: The Task and the Method of Description
- A Survey and Critique of Recent Conventional Reconstructions of Primitive Christianity
- A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in the Social History of Primitive Christianity
- A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in Primitive Christianity from the Perspective of Feminist Theology
- A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in the Environment of Primitive Christianity
- A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies in Primitive Christianity in the Different Centers of the Roman Empire
- A Survey and Critique of Recent Studies of Individual Problems Conclusion
- Appendices
- On the Problem of Pre-Christian Gnosticism
- Gerd Theissen's A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion
Praise for the Print Edition
Scholars of Primitive Christianity will profit from Professor Lündemann’s incisive comments on whether or not recent studies enrich our historical knowledge.
—Heikki Räisänen
Product Details
- Title: Primitive Christianity: A Survey of Recent Studies and Some New Proposals
- Author: Gerd Lüdemann
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Publication Date: 2003
- Pages: 192
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Topic: Early Church
About Gerd Lündemann
Gerd Lündemann is Professor of New Testament at the University of Gottingen and the author of Virgin Birth? The Real Story of Mary and Her Son Jesus.
