The Beginnings of Christianity, Part I: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. I: Prolegomena I
Overview
Historians F. J. Foakes-Jackson and Kirsopp Lake understood Acts to be the indispensable witness to the earliest history of the church. In this first volume of The Beginnings of Christianity, Foakes-Jackson and Lake examine the historical character of Christianity at its outset—a task which they argue is a necessary prerequisite to studying the text of Acts. In the words of Foakes-Jackson and Lake, “The background of Acts i.–xv. is Jewish, that of the last chapters mainly Gentile. The Christian background is common to both, but its characteristics are rapidly changing. The first volume, therefore, deals with these three points—contemporary Jewish history and religion, the organisation and general mental attitude of the world of the Roman Empire, the evolution of the early Christian preaching and ideas.” The first section of the book includes an examination of the background of Jewish history, varieties of thought and practice in Judaism, and the dispersion. Section two contains an article from Clifford H. Moore on life in the Roman empire at the beginning of the Christian era. In the third section, the editors focus upon the teaching of Jesus, the selection and roles of the disciples, and the development of early Christian thought. This volume offers historical insights from some of the most prominent church historians of the early twentieth century and is sure to be a valuable addition to any theological library.
- Title: The Beginnings of Christianity, Part I: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. I: Prolegomena I
- Authors: Kirsopp Lake, F. J. Foakes Jackson
- Series: The Beginnings of Christianity
- Volume: I
- Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
- Print Publication Date: 1920
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Bible. N.T. Acts › Commentaries; Church history › Primitive and early church
- Resource ID: LLS:BGNNNGSBCKGRN01
- Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
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