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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817166703321

Autore

Moule C. F. D (Charles Francis Digby), <1908-2007.>

Titolo

The birth of the New Testament / / C.F.D. Moule

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Adam & Charles Black, , 1981

ISBN

1-283-20625-0

9786613206251

1-4411-5177-X

Edizione

[3rd ed., rev. and rewritten.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xii, 382 pages)

Collana

Black's New Testament commentaries

Disciplina

270.1

Soggetti

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; No name; I Introductory; II The Church at Worship; III The Church explains itself: 1 Stages of Self-Awareness; IV The Church explains itself: 2 The Use of the Jewish Scriptures; V The Church explains itself: 3 The Gospels and Acts; VI The Church explains itself: 4 The Reign of Christ; VII The Church under attack; VIII Building the Superstructure and Consolidating; IX Variety and Uniformity in the Church; X Collecting and Sifting the Documents; XI Postscript; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; INDEX OF BIBLICAL AND OTHER REFERENCES; INDEX OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS

Sommario/riassunto

C.F.D. Moule shows how the earliest Christian writing developed as a response to the daily demands of Christian life in societies indifferent or even hostile to Christianity, and how the selection of certain writings to constitute the basis of Christian belief was a response to specific needs.