Josephus, Paul, and the Fate of Early Christianity
Author: F. B. A. Asiedu
Publisher: Fortress Academic
ISBN: 1978701322
Category: History
Page: 406
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Language: en
Pages: 406
Pages: 406
This book explores Josephus's silences as a historian of Jewish life and of early Christianity and how his silences and omissions are similar to and different from the silences of other writers like Tacitus and Pliny the Younger, who lived in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian.
Language: en
Pages: 696
Pages: 696
This second edition of Stevens’s presentation of Acts adds an extensive study of church traditions on Paul’s death and burial. Uncovering of the sarcophagus in the Church of Saint Paul Outside the Walls yielded carbon 14 dated first- or second-century bones. In his characteristically creative way, Stevens offers an insightful
Language: en
Pages: 496
Pages: 496
This volume of essays presents a compelling and comprehensive analysis of the intriguing issue of the gift of the land of Israel and the fate of the Canaanites as presented in diverse biblical sources. Jewish thought has long grappled with the moral and theological implications and challenges of this issue.
Language: en
Pages: 802
Pages: 802
Scholars of the history and literature of Christianity and Judaism explore the life and enduring contributions of Eusebius of Caesarea, an important writer and historian from the early fourth century. The essays focus on elements of the story that Eusebius tells the story of the early church, its re
Language: en
Pages: 192
Pages: 192
Setzer uses social science and rhetorical studies to demonstate the importance of the belief in resurrection in the symbolic construction of Jewish and Christian communities in the first to early third centuries.
