Sanders, E. P., ed. <br/><br/>
Jewish and Christian self-definition, volume 1 :  the shaping of Christianity in the second and third centuries / 
edited by E. P. Sanders. 
 - Philadelphia, PA :  Fortress Press,  c1980. 
 - xvii ; 314 p. ; 22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0800605780 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>Acc#41389 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>CHURCH HISTORY--PRIMITIVE AND EARLY CHURCH, CA. 30-600<br/>JUDAISM--HISTORY--TALMUDIC PERIOD, 10-425--ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>1 BR 165  / J54 1980