Engaging early Christian history
reading Acts in the second century
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Author
Publication
2013 - Acumen, Durham [UK], England
Language
English
Word Count
68,500 words, Guess
Page Count
274 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28392465M
- ISBN-139781844657353
- ISBN-101844657353
- OCLC Control Number869943511
- OCLC Control Number890090477
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2013454980
Classifications
- DDC226.6
- LCCBS2625.52 .E54 2013
Alternate Titles
- Reading Acts in the second century
Description
This book presents a significant departure for Christian origins studies. The book of Acts has traditionally been situated within a first-century setting, offering an apparently straightforward account of the origins and spread of Christianity. This new study extends scholarly debate beyond the analysis of purely historical debates and concerns to examine the Acts of the Apostles within the context of second-century history and culture. It focuses on the associations between Acts and the diverse contemporaneous texts, writers, and broader cultural phenomena in the second-century world of Christians, Romans, Greeks, and Jews. Analysing the reception of Acts - and of Christian myth-making more generally - the volume explores the second century as a formative epoch for Christian storytelling, historical re-imaginings, and the reconfiguration of religious and social identities.
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