Origins & History of First-Century Christianity
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paperbackJesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not
Evaluating Empire in New Testament Studies
Edited by Scot McKnight and Joseph B. Modica
Foreword by Andy CrouchThis volume brings together respected biblical scholars to evaluate the turn toward "empire criticism" in recent New Testament scholarship. While praising the movement for its deconstruction of Roman statecraft and ideology, the contributors also provide a salient critique of the anti-imperialist rhetoric pervading much of the current literature.
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paperbackIntroducing Early Christianity
A Topical Survey of Its Life, Beliefs Practices
by Laurie Guy
Laurie Guy provides an illuminating, broad-brush survey of the early church in its first four centuries. Readers get to witness the emergence of Great Tradition Christianity as themes unfold over time regarding women, persecution and martyrdom, asceticism and monasticism, eucharist and baptism, doctrine and the ecumenical councils.
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paperbackThe Making of the New Testament
Origin, Collection, Text & Canon
by Arthur G. Patzia
This revised and expanded edition of The Making of the New Testament is a fascinatingly detailed introduction to the origin, collection, copying and canonizing of the New Testament documents. Here Arthur Patzia explains how biblical scholars have studied the trail of clues and pieced together the story of these books.
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paperbackThe IVP Concise Atlas of Bible History
by Paul Lawrence
Edited by Richard JohnsonLike its large-format predecessor, Paul Lawrence's IVP Concise Atlas of Bible History uses full-color maps, time charts, diagrams and photographs to expose readers to the ancient biblical world uncovered by modern historians, geographers and archaeologists.
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paperbackChristianity and Western Thought
From the Ancient World to the Age of Enlightenment
Christianity and Western Thought Series
by Colin Brown
Students, pastors and thoughtful Christians will benefit from this rich resource. The first in a three-volume work, Brown's easy-to-read, hard-to-put-down introduction to Christianity and Western thought focuses on developments from the ancient world to the Age of Enlightenment.
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paperbackEarly Christian Thinkers
The Lives and Legacies of Twelve Key Figures
Edited by Paul Foster
An international team of top scholars introduces a pivotal, early moment in the history of orthodox doctrine through the lives and works of key second and third century Christians.
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paperbackPaul's Missionary Methods
In His Time and Ours
Edited by Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry
Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry edit this collection of entry points into the missionary methods of the apostle Paul. Conducting a major reappraisal of Roland Allen?s Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours? Michael Bird, Eckhard Schnabel and others reconsider the relevance of Paul's missionary activities for the church today.
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paperbackThe Historical Reliability of the Gospels
by Craig L. Blomberg
For over twenty years, Craig Blomberg's The Historical Reliability of the Gospels has provided a useful antidote to many of the toxic effects of skeptical criticism of the Gospels. He offers an overview of the history of Gospel criticism. Thoroughly updated edition with added footnotes and two new appendixes.
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paperbackJesus and the Rise of Early Christianity
A History of New Testament Times
by Paul Barnett
Paul Barnett not only places the New Testament within the world of caesars and Herods, proconsuls and Pharisees, Sadducee and revolutionaries, but argues that the mainspring and driving force of early Christian history is the historical Jesus.
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paperbackThe Question of Canon
Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate
by Michael J. Kruger
Were the books of New Testament canon written as Scripture or did they become Scripture by a decision of the second-century church? Michael J. Kruger challenges the commonly held "extrinsic" view on the emergence of the New Testament canon in favor of a canon that arose naturally from within the early Christian faith.
