Early Christian Reader, An - Softcover

Mason, Steve; Robinson, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0921627564 ISBN 13: 9780921627562

Publisher: Canadian Scholars Pr, 1994

Synopsis

An Earlt Christian Reader offers an alternative to the New Testament as a basic text for college and university courses in the beginnings of Christianity. In a bold and innovative move, Mason and Robinson have gathered all of the known first century Christian writings, whether canonical or not, and arranged them in a plausible historical order. The editors have provided informative, sometimes provocative historical notes for each document. They have included such early texts as 1 Clement and the Didache and have grouped the texts according to date and author so that, for example, Luke and Acts appear together. And they have provided material for the reconstruction of the hypothetical documents"Q" and "Proto-Luke." Maps and other student aids complete the collection.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Mason is professor of history and Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction at York University, Toronto. He is the author of Flavius Josephus on the Pharisees and general editor of the twelve-volume series Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary.

Thomas A. Robinson is professor of religious studies at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. He specializes in the relationship between Christianity and Judaism and in the development of Christianity's distinctive identity in the Roman Empire. His previous books include World Religions and Mastering New Testament Greek.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canadian Scholars Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0921627564
• ISBN 13: 9780921627562
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 605