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Jewish and Christian self-definition, volume 1 : the shaping of Christianity in the second and third centuries / edited by E. P. Sanders.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Philadelphia, PA : Fortress Press, c1980.Description: xvii ; 314 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0800605780
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 1 BR 165 J54 1980
Contents:
The problem of self-definition: from sect to church -- The social setting of second-century Christianity -- Theological norms and social perspectives in Gnatius of Antioch -- The two sees of Peter -- The self-definition of Christianity in relation to later Platonism -- The Christians as the Romans (and Greeks) saw them -- Why the church rejected Gnosticism -- Normative self-definition in Gnosticism -- Jewish elements in Gnosticism and the development of Gnostic self-definition -- 10. The successors of pre-70 Jerusalem Christianity: A critical evaluation of the Pella-Tradition -- 11. Theological and non-theological motives in Irenaeu's refutation of the Gnostics -- 12. The past in Clement of Alexandria -- 13. The meaning of Dogma in Origen
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The problem of self-definition: from sect to church -- The social setting of second-century Christianity -- Theological norms and social perspectives in Gnatius of Antioch -- The two sees of Peter -- The self-definition of Christianity in relation to later Platonism -- The Christians as the Romans (and Greeks) saw them -- Why the church rejected Gnosticism -- Normative self-definition in Gnosticism -- Jewish elements in Gnosticism and the development of Gnostic self-definition -- 10. The successors of pre-70 Jerusalem Christianity: A critical evaluation of the Pella-Tradition -- 11. Theological and non-theological motives in Irenaeu's refutation of the Gnostics -- 12. The past in Clement of Alexandria -- 13. The meaning of Dogma in Origen

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