[PDF] Christianity And The Hellenistic World eBook

Author : Ronald H. Nash
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,85 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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Cover title: Christianity & the Hellenistic world. Bibliography: p. 309-311. Includes indexes.

Author : Helmut Koester
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3110814064

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While the first American edition of this book, published more than a decade ago, was a revised translation of the German book, Einführung in das Neue Testament, this second edition of the first volume of the Introduction to the New Testament is no longer dependent upon a previously published German work. The author hopes that for the student of the New Testament it is a useful introduction into the many complex aspects of the political, cultural, and religious developments that characterized the world in which early Christianity arose and by which the New Testament and other early Christian writings were shaped.

Author : Helmut Koester
Publisher : de Gruyter
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Bibles
ISBN :

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While the first American edition of this book, published more than a decade ago, was a revised translation of the German book, Einführung in das Neue Testament, this second edition of the first volume of the Introduction to the New Testament is no longer dependent upon a previously published German work. The author hopes that for the student of the New Testament it is a useful introduction into the many complex aspects of the political, cultural, and religious developments that characterized the world in which early Christianity arose and by which the New Testament and other early Christian writings were shaped.

Author : Edwyn Bevan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317684826

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First published in 1921, this title examines the relationship between what the author labels the ‘rationalist’ element in Western culture on the one hand, derived from the ancient Greeks, and Christianity, on the other. Bevan contends that these two traditions are distinct, but not mutually exclusive, and that to understand fully their mutuality and reciprocity it is necessary to examine the distinct history of both: their individual provenances, their fusion and interpenetration, and also, their future together. The first chapter attempts to indicate the significance of Hellenic culture in its relation to Eastern civilisation. The extinction of Paganism at the time of Augustine is examined, as is a selection of moral issues associated with the Christian life, as that is interpreted by the author. Finally, the notion of ‘progress’ is investigated with specific reference to the position of Christianity in the modern world.

Author : Antonia Tripolitis
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 39,56 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802849137

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This insightful read traces the development of the principal Western religions and their philosophical counterparts from the beginnings of Alexander the Great's empire in 331 B.C.E. to the emergence of the Christian world in the fourth century C.E.

Author : Institute for Christian Studies
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780819195449

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This volume focuses on the role of Judaism, particularly that of Philo, and of Gnosticism, as two important forces shaping the response of early Christianity to the Hellenistic Greco-Roman culture of its time. The sections which examine Hellenistic Judaism investigate themes from Greek philosophy, like 'reason controlling the passions, ' which are also crucial in shaping Philo's perception of the feminine. The manner in which Jewish authors of this period attempt to synthesize Old Testament with Greek philosophical themes like creation/cosmology receives specific treatment. Essays dealing with Gnosticism re-examine themes from Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle in Gnostic documents, but also look at the role of Hellenistic Judaism with its interests in Sophia. Co-published with the Institute for Christian Studies

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004234764

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In Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism, Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts assemble an international team of scholars whose work has focused on reconstructing the social matrix for earliest Christianity through reference to Hellenistic Judaism and its literary forms.