| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) : map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Charismatic Judaism, from Moses to Jesus -- The charismatic religion of Jesus -- Nascent charismatic Christianity -- The Christianity of Paul -- Johannine Christianity -- The Didache and Barnabas -- The Apostolic Fathers : 1 and 2 Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Hermas, and Diognetus -- Apologists and theologians of the second century : Justin, Melito, and Irenaeus -- Three pillars of wisdom : Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen -- Nicaea : Eusebius of Caesarea, Aruis, and Constantine -- From charisma to dogma : a bird's eye view. |
| Summary |
The creation of the Christian Church is one of the most important stories in the development of the world's history, but also one of the most enigmatic and little understood, shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding. With a forensic, brilliant re-examination of all the key surviving texts of early Christianity, Geza Vermes illuminates the origins of a faith and traces the evolution of the figure of Jesus from the man he was - a prophet fully recognisable as the successor to other Jewish holy men of the Old Testament - to what he came to represent: a mysterious, otherworldly being at the heart of a major new religion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ. |
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Christianity.
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Christianity. |
| Chronological Term |
30-600 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013. Christian beginnings. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2013 9780300191608 (DLC) 2012946575 (OCoLC)813393401 |
| ISBN |
9780300195316 (electronic book) |
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0300195311 (electronic book) |
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9780300191608 |
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030019160X |
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