[PDF] The Cambridge Companion To The Apostolic Fathers eBook

Author : Michael F. Bird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1108673791

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The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers offers an informative introduction to the extant body of Christian texts that existed beside and after the New Testament known to us as the apostolic fathers. Featuring cutting-edge research by leading scholars, it explores how the early Church expanded and evolved over the course of the first and second centuries as evidenced by its textual history. The volume includes thematic essays on imperial context, the relationship between Christianity and Judaism, the growth and diversification of the early church, influences and intertextuality, and female leaders in the early church. The Companion contains ground-breaking essays on the individual texts with specific attention given to debates of authorship, authenticity, dating, and theological texture. The Companion will serve as an essential resource for instructors and students of the first two centuries of Christianity.

Author : Michael F. Bird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 110842953X

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A cutting edge introduction to a collection of early Christian writings that stem from a forgotten era in Christian history.

Author : Clayton N. Jefford
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441241779

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The apostolic fathers were authors of nonbiblical church writings of the first and early second centuries. These works are important because their authors, Clement I, Hermas, Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, and the author of the Epistle of Barnabas, were contemporaries of the biblical writers. Expressing pastoral concern, their writings are similar in style to the New Testament. Some of their writings, in fact, were venerated as Scripture before the official canon was decided. The Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament provides a comparison of the apostolic fathers and the New Testament that is at once comprehensive and accessible. What genres (letters, miracle stories, etc.) appear in what ways? What apostolic fathers seem to reflect which passages in the New Testament? What themes appear in both bodies of literature? How did the apostolic fathers adopt and adapt images from the New Testament? How do the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers contribute to our understanding of how early Christians understood themselves in relation to the mother faith of Judaism? Any attempt to compare the Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament faces the difficulty that each set of writings represents diverse authors and historical contexts within the early church. As a result, scholars who work in the field have typically restricted their research to individual authors and writings. Thus, it has been difficult to come to any general observations about the larger corpus. After carefully examining images, themes, and concepts found in the New Testament and the apostolic fathers, Jefford posits some general observations and insights about the beliefs of the early church.

Author : Colin E. Gunton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 1997-06-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1107493781

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What is Christian doctrine? The fourteen specially commissioned essays in this book serve to give an answer to many aspects of that question. Written by leading theologians from America and Britain, the essays place doctrine in its setting - what it has been historically, and how it relates to other forms of culture - and outline central features of its content. They attempt to answer questions such as 'what has, and does, Christian doctrine teach about God, the creation, the human condition and human behaviour?' and 'what is the part played in Christian doctrine by the Trinity, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit?' New readers will find this an accessible and stimulating introduction to the main themes of Christian doctrine, while advanced students will find a useful summary of recent developments which demonstrates the variety, coherence and intellectual vitality of contemporary Christian thought.

Author : Michael W. Holmes
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 18,39 MB
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1585585009

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The Apostolic Fathers is an important collection of writings revered by early Christians but not included in the final canon of the New Testament. Here a leading expert on these texts offers an authoritative contemporary translation, in the tradition of the magisterial Lightfoot version but thoroughly up-to-date. The third edition features numerous changes, including carefully revised translations and a new, more user-friendly design. The introduction, notes, and bibliographies have been freshly revised as well.

Author : Colin McAllister
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 1108422705

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Apocalytic literature has addressed human concerns for over two millennia. This volume surveys the source texts, their reception, and relevance.

Author : Stephen C. Barton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108458870

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Throughout the history of Christianity, the four canonical gospels have proven to be vital resources for Christian thought and practice, and an inspiration for humanistic culture generally. Indeed, the gospels and their interpretation have had a profound impact on theology, philosophy, the sciences, ethics, worship, architecture, and the creative arts. Building on the strengths of the first edition, The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels, 2nd edition, takes account of new directions in gospels research, notably: the milieu in which the gospels were read, copied, and circulated alongside non-canonical gospels; renewed debates about the sources of the gospels and their interrelations; how central gospel themes are illuminated by a variety of critical approaches and theological readings; the reception of the gospels over time and in various media; and how the gospels give insight into the human condition.

Author : Frances Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2004-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521460835

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Author : Shadi Bartsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1107052203

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A lively and accessible guide to the rich literary, philosophical and artistic achievements of the notorious age of Nero.

Author : Clayton N. Jefford
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 35,71 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441240373

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The Apostolic Fathers is a critically important collections of texts for studying the first century of Christian history. Here a leading expert on the Apostolic Fathers offers an accessible, up-to-date introduction and companion to these diverse and fascinating writings. This work is easy to use and affordable yet offers a thorough overview for students and others approaching these writings for the first time. It explains the context and significance of each document and points to further reading. This new edition of a well-received text has been updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the fragments of Papias.