Making Sense in (and of) the First Christian Century: 197 (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Downing, Francis Gerald

ISBN 10: 1841271241 / ISBN 13: 9781841271248

Published by Sheffield Academic Press, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Sense in (and of) the First Christian Century: 197 (The Library of New Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841271241
• ISBN 13: 9781841271248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The first Christian century must be approached with careful attention to its cultural and linguistic heterogeneity. It should not simply be assumed that this past 'is a different place, they do things differently there'. Downing treats the ways in which early Christians tried to 'make things make sense' within their cultures, noting both the similarities and differences between their ways and contemporary ones and stressing the variety of contexts and influences on first-century communication. Downing brings his renowned expertise to bear in illuminating the cultural features of early Christian society with a range of fascinating and telling examples.

About the Author

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.