Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture

Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 764
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ISBN-10 : 9789004234161
ISBN-13 : 9004234160
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Book Synopsis Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture by : Stanley E. Porter

Download or read book Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture written by Stanley E. Porter and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture," Stanley Porter and Andrew Pitts assemble an international team of scholars whose work has focused on reconstructing the social matrix for earliest Christianity through the use of Greco-Roman materials and literary forms. Each essay moves forward the current understanding of how primitive Christianity situated itself in relation to evolving Hellenistic culture. Some essays focus on configuring the social context for the origins of the Jesus movement and beyond, while others assess the literary relation between early Christian and Greco-Roman texts.


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