Earliest Christianity
Overview
This volume brings together two important historical studies by Martin Hengel—Acts and the History of Earliest Christianity, and Property and Riches in the Early Church. Understand the place of Acts in light of other ancient history writings. Investigate the earliest days of Christian mission. Discover the complex relationship between the early Christians, property, and wealth. Together these studies provide a vivid picture of life and values in the first days of Christianity.
- Title: Earliest Christianity
- Author: Martin Hengel
- Publisher: SCM Press
- Print Publication Date: 1986
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Acts › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Historiography; Christianity › Origin
- ISBNs: 0334003466, 9780334003465
- Resource ID: LLS:SCMRLSTCHRSTNTY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:49:49Z
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.