Resetting the origins of Christianity: a new theory of sources and beginnings
"How do we know what we know about the origins of the Christian religion? Neither its founder, nor the Apostles, nor Paul left any written accounts of their movement. The witnesses' testimonies were transmitted via successive generations of copyists and historians, with the oldest survivin...
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| Summary: | "How do we know what we know about the origins of the Christian religion? Neither its founder, nor the Apostles, nor Paul left any written accounts of their movement. The witnesses' testimonies were transmitted via successive generations of copyists and historians, with the oldest surviving fragments dating to the second and third centuries - that is, to well after Jesus' death. In this innovative and important book, Markus Vinzent interrogates standard interpretations of Christian origins handed down over the centuries. He scrutinizes - in reverse order - the earliest recorded sources from the sixth to the second century, showing how the works of Greek and Latin writers reveal a good deal more about their own times and preoccupations than they do about early Christianity. In so doing, the author boldly challenges understandings of one of the most momentous social and religious movements in history, as well as its reception over time and place"-- |
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| adam_text | Contents page vii Preface Beginnings I i The Romans, Christ and Paul The Time Between Gregory of Tours andRoman Catholic Christianity Orosius, or Christ on the Roman Tax Register Paul in the Letter Exchange with Seneca io io 13 25 46 2 ‘The Older, the Better’: Eusebius of Caesarea and His Construction of Early Christian Beginnings Eusebius of Caesarea: An Introduction Eusebius’ View of the Beginnings of Christianity The Time before the Ascension Eusebius’ Church History: The Formative Narrative 54 54 73 79 112 3 The Apostolic and Prophetic Church according to Iulius Africanus, Origen and Tertullian Iulius Africanus and His Chronographiae Origen, Scripture, Doctrine and Preaching Tertullian and the Tradition of the Church 4 Scriptures and Tradition in Irenaeus and the Canonical New Testament Introduction Irenaeus and the Beginnings of Christianity The New Testament as a Construct of Early Christianity v 118 118 122 143 154 154 164 177
vi Contents The New Testament: Configuring the Beginnings of Christianity 184 The Twelve Apostles: The Praxapostolos, the Epistula Apostolorum, and the Acts of the Apostles The Praxapostolos as an Anti-heretical Collection Acts and the Beginnings of Early Christianity The Epistula Apostolorum Non-canonical Acts of the Apostles 192 192 213 230 241 6 Traditions of Paul and the Ignatian Letters The Acts of Paul The Ignatian Letters The Seven-Letter Collection The Three-Letter Collection Comparing the Three- and Seven-Letter Collections Evidence for the Three- and Seven-Letter Collections The Thirteen-Letter Collection Paul’s Epistles The Canonical Collection of the Fourteen Letters The Ten-Letter Collection The Development of Letter Collections 248 249 259 262 266 268 272 277 287 289 305 312 Outlook: How Were Things Actually? 3*5 Appendix Chronological and Ana-chronological Historiography Eusebius’ Church History: Its Sources and Contents Bibliography Index 334 334 345 355 390 5
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Contents page vii Preface Beginnings I i The Romans, Christ and Paul The Time Between Gregory of Tours andRoman Catholic Christianity Orosius, or Christ on the Roman Tax Register Paul in the Letter Exchange with Seneca io io 13 25 46 2 ‘The Older, the Better’: Eusebius of Caesarea and His Construction of Early Christian Beginnings Eusebius of Caesarea: An Introduction Eusebius’ View of the Beginnings of Christianity The Time before the Ascension Eusebius’ Church History: The Formative Narrative 54 54 73 79 112 3 The Apostolic and Prophetic Church according to Iulius Africanus, Origen and Tertullian Iulius Africanus and His Chronographiae Origen, Scripture, Doctrine and Preaching Tertullian and the Tradition of the Church 4 Scriptures and Tradition in Irenaeus and the Canonical New Testament Introduction Irenaeus and the Beginnings of Christianity The New Testament as a Construct of Early Christianity v 118 118 122 143 154 154 164 177
vi Contents The New Testament: Configuring the Beginnings of Christianity 184 The Twelve Apostles: The Praxapostolos, the Epistula Apostolorum, and the Acts of the Apostles The Praxapostolos as an Anti-heretical Collection Acts and the Beginnings of Early Christianity The Epistula Apostolorum Non-canonical Acts of the Apostles 192 192 213 230 241 6 Traditions of Paul and the Ignatian Letters The Acts of Paul The Ignatian Letters The Seven-Letter Collection The Three-Letter Collection Comparing the Three- and Seven-Letter Collections Evidence for the Three- and Seven-Letter Collections The Thirteen-Letter Collection Paul’s Epistles The Canonical Collection of the Fourteen Letters The Ten-Letter Collection The Development of Letter Collections 248 249 259 262 266 268 272 277 287 289 305 312 Outlook: How Were Things Actually? 3*5 Appendix Chronological and Ana-chronological Historiography Eusebius’ Church History: Its Sources and Contents Bibliography Index 334 334 345 355 390 5 |
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