Between Jesus and Paul: Studies in the Earliest History of Christianity
Overview
Martin Hengel spent a lifetime studying the first three decades of Christianity—the span from Christ’s ascension to Paul’s conversion. Between Jesus and Paul represents a collection of six formative studies by Hengel concerning early Christology, the formation and success of the Christian mission, the functions of hymn singing in the young church, and Pauline dogma. Drawing upon a wealth of source material, Hengel pieces together the development of Christianity’s first decades. Any Bible student or scholar will find useful points of embarkation for studying Christianity within this text.
- Title: Between Jesus and Paul: Studies in the Earliest History of Christianity
- Author: Martin Hengel
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Jesus Christ › History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- ISBNs: 9781481304948, 1592441890, 9781602589919, 1481304941, 9781592441891, 1602589917
- Resource ID: LLS:BTNJSSPLSTDSERLST
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:23:04Z
Martin Hengel (1926–2009) was emeritus professor of New Testament and early Judaism at the University of Tübingen. He specialized in early Christianity and the origins of Christianity.
Hengel began studying theology in 1947 in Tübingen before moving to the University of Heidelberg in 1949. He eventually earned his Ph.D. in 1959 from the University of Tübingen.
Hengel’s works include Studies in Early Christology, Crucifixion: In the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross, and The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of its Canon.