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This dictionary not only identifies terms and biblical figures but also examines them from the perspective of "reception history"--the history of the Bible's effect on its readers. Biblical books, passages, and characters certainly played important r...

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Christology in Context
The Earliest Christian Response to Jesus

By Marinus de Jonge

In Christology in Context, Marinus de Jonge presents the varied response to Jesus of Nazareth by his first-century followers. A scholarly yet highly accessible work, this book provides a knowledge base for formal, systematic analysis of New Testament...

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Forgotten Scriptures
The Selection and Rejection of Early Religious Writings

By Lee Martin McDonald

We know that the early Christian church had a variety of scriptures and other source material that informed their faith and shaped their thinking. We also know that after a few centuries the church decided to keep the twenty-seven books of our presen...

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Heresy and Criticism
The Search for Authenticity in Early Christian Literature

By Robert M. Grant

Robert Grant draws upon his fifty years of experience dealing with the correlation of early Christianity and classical culture to demonstrate that Christian "heretics" were the first to apply literacy criticism to Christian books. He shows that the h...

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Holy Writings, Sacred Text
The Canon in Early Christianity

By John Barton

An internationally respected biblical scholar investigates the origins of the Christian canon. John Barton explores the reasons behind the development of the New Testament and pursues the historical factors involved in combining these books with the ...

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Lydia's Impatient Sisters
A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity

By Luise Schottroff

Lydia's Impatient Sisters offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theol...

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The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric

By David E. Aune

The Westminster Dictionary of New and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric is an authoritative reference that details the various literary and rhetorical forms found in the New Testament and in the literature of the early Christian church. David A...

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