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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255214003321

Autore

Crotty Robert

Titolo

The Christian Survivor : How Roman Christianity Defeated Its Early Competitors / / by Robert Crotty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-3214-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 355 p.)

Disciplina

230.041

Soggetti

Bible—Theology

Ethnology

Europe—History—To 476

Biblical Studies

Cultural Anthropology

History of Ancient Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- What Really is Religion? -- The Study of The Jewish Past -- The Study of The Christian Past -- The Roman Context of Early Christianity -- The Jesus Movement Communities in Palestine -- Christianity in Rome -- The Roman Connection of Peter -- The Isaac Tradition -- The Gospel of Mark -- The Nine Markan Roman Traditions -- The Christian Gnostics -- Roman Christianity Returns to the East -- The Sources for a Study Of Paul -- The Three Pauls -- Johannine Christianity: John of Patmos -- John’s Gospel in Western Asia Minor -- The Roman Gospels of Matthew and Luke -- Later Roman Influence on Christianity -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Identifying the Beloved Disciple -- Bibliography. .

Sommario/riassunto

The book puts the current interest in historical Jesus research into a proper historical context, highlighting Gnosticism’s lasting influence on early Christianity and making the provocative claim that nearly all Christian Churches are in some way descended from Roman Christianity. Breaking with the accepted wisdom of Christianity’s origins, the revised history it puts forward challenges the assumptions of Church and secular historians, biblical critics and general readers



alike, with profound repercussions for scholarship, belief and practice. .