The Babylonian Talmud: A Translation and Commentary, Volume 19 - Softcover

Bird, Michael F; Crossley, James G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598563416 ISBN 13: 9781598563412

Publisher: Hendrickson Academic, 2009

Synopsis

* Provides an introduction to Christian origins from two very different points of view
* There is increasing interest in Christian origins at the scholarly and also popular level
* Includes contributions from internationally known scholars Scot McKnight and Maurice Casey

The objective of How Did Christianity Begin? is to present two contrasting perspectives on the history of early Christianity. The contrast is evidently sharp as one co-author comes from a conservative Christian background (Michael Bird), while the other co-author (James Crossley) approaches the matter from a secular standpoint. The volume works sequentially through Christian origins and addresses various topics including the historical Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, the Apostle Paul, the Gospels, and the early church. Each author in turn examines these subjects and lays out his historical arguments concerning their origin and meaning.

The volume also includes short responses from two other scholars (Maurice Casey and Scot McKnight) to the arguments of Bird and Crossley so as to give an even handed and broad evaluation of the arguments and debates that unfold.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael F. Bird is lecturer in New Testament at the Highland Theological Institute. He has published several articles on the linguistic background to the gospels and the Gospel of Mark and is the author of the forthcoming Jesus and the Origins of the Gentile Mission.

James G. Crossley is lecturer in New Testament at the University of Sheffield.
He is the author of The Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest
Christianityand Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins 26-50 CE.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hendrickson Academic
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1598563416
• ISBN 13: 9781598563412
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206