Christian origins /Richard A. Horsley, editor.

Name/Title

Christian origins /Richard A. Horsley, editor.

Description

Jesus movements and the renewal of Israel / Richard A. Horsley -- Why peasants responded to Jesus / William R. Herzog II -- Women's history from birth-prophecy stories / Antoinette Clark Wire -- Turning the tables on Jesus : the Mandaean view / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley -- Conflict in Corinth / Ray Pickett -- Matthew's people / Warren Carter -- The Gospel of John as people's history / Allen Dwight Callahan -- Disciplining the hope of the poor in ancient Rome / Neil Elliott -- Family matters / Carolyn Osiek -- The eyes have it : slaves in the communities of Christ-believers / Clarice J. Martin -- Injustice or God's will : explanations of poverty in four proto-Christian texts / Steven J. Friesen -- Prophets, prophetic movements, and the voices of women / Barbara R. Rossing. xv, 318 p. :ill.

Book Details

Place Published

City

Minneapolis

Date Published

circa 2005

Publication Subjects

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

Call No.

BR160 .C47 2005 V. 1

ISBN

080063411X (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005024482

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.